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dc.contributor.authorKolawole, Oluwatoyin D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-11T12:50:38Z
dc.date.available2014-12-11T12:50:38Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationKolalwole, Oluwatoyin D. (2012) Probit analysis of rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria, World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development Vol. 8, No.4, pp.273-285en_US
dc.identifier.issn2042-5961
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1316
dc.descriptionThe attached article is a pre-print. The final article is published by Emerald Insight in the journal World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development and it is to be cited as follows: Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole, (2012) "Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria", World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 8 Iss: 4, pp.273 - 285 available at the following link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/20425961211276642en_US
dc.description.abstractPoverty, inequality and unemployment challenges need to be adequately addressed if sustainable human development is to be achieved. Although, these key issues are not mutually exclusive, the thrust of this paper is to identify some factors influencing rural employment promotion (REP) in southern Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 60 rural communities in southern Nigeria. In all, 300 interviewees were sampled and interviewed using structured and unstructured interview schedules. Descriptive statistical techniques such as frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation, etc. were used to describe and summarise the data collected. Probit analysis was employed to make deductions through the use of STATA package. The result showed a Pseudo R2 value of 0.3581, which is quite reasonable for qualitative dependent variable models. At P ≤ 0.01 level of significance, education (z = 2.02), farm size (z = 2.39) positively influenced the drive towards rural employment generation. Also, at P ≤ 0.01 level, the availability of banking institutions (z = 1.94) and support from the family members (z = 2.17) did strongly predict REP. Other predictors of REP were the disaggregated units of project type/orientation, which are production (z = 1.67) and service-oriented ventures (z = 1.98) and they both had strong and positive influence on REP at P≤ 0.05 and 0.01 levels of significance, respectively. The paper concludes that the provision of basic and functional services such as education, health care, water, electricity and motorable roads are vital for rural employment promotion drive in rural communities.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Idachaba Foundation for Research and Scholarship (IFRES) in Ibadan, Nigeriaen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Insight, http://www.emeraldinsight.comen_US
dc.subjectRural employmenten_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economicen_US
dc.subjectInfrastructureen_US
dc.subjectProbiten_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleProbit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeriaen_US
dc.typePreprinten_US
dc.rights.holderEmerald Insighten_US
dc.linkhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/20425961211276642en_US


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