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Determinants of Job Opportunity and Wage Income in Haiti

六甲台論集. 国際協力研究編

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神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科

2009-01

2009-05-08

Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), therefore, economic development and poverty reduction are of urgent need. In this paper, I will analyze the determinants of job opportunity and of wage income in Haiti by using the first and most comprehensive household survey in 2001. I first overview the poverty situation and characteristics of household income sources and indicate that access to wage income is one of the key factors of escaping from poverty. Then I estimate the probability of becoming a wage worker using a probit model and then estimate a wage equation using a sample selection model. The regression results show that education, living areas and gender are important determinants for both participating in the wage market and raising wage income. I examine each of these factors separately to draw some implications.

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