We investigate determinants of the pattern of recent migration of Alaska Natives between rural homelands and urban areas. A review of the literature on moving in the North American North suggests that economic opportunities draw migrants, although such opportunities must be viewed in the context of the mixed subsistence-cash economy prevailing in rural areas of the region. Consequently, we mode...

Current global trends (globalization, environmental protection, consumer demand for food safety and quality) constitute major challenges for the European rural economy as more than 80% of EU territory is rural. Thus, EU policies are oriented towards rural economies aiming at greater integration and economic development. Different rural development policies are devised to improve the socioeconom...

Informal Economy in Russia: A Brief Overview by Svetlana Barsukova and Vadim Radaev_4 How the Law Really Works: The New Sociology of Law in Russia by Aryna Dzmitryieva_13 Commercialization of Police and Shadow Economy: The Russian Case by Leonid Kosals and Anastasia Dubova_21 Informal Employment in Russia: Why is it so Sustainable? by Tatiana Karabchuk_29 Freelancers in Russia: Remote Work Patt...

Informal Economy in Russia: A Brief Overview by Svetlana Barsukova and Vadim Radaev_4 How the Law Really Works: The New Sociology of Law in Russia by Aryna Dzmitryieva_13 Commercialization of Police and Shadow Economy: The Russian Case by Leonid Kosals and Anastasia Dubova_21 Informal Employment in Russia: Why is it so Sustainable? by Tatiana Karabchuk_29 Freelancers in Russia: Remote Work Patt...

vi 1 Definitions and Dimensions of Livelihood Diversification 1 1.1 Definitions of diversification: multiplicity and/or change? 1 1.2 Livelihoods in the economy: basic dimensions of livelihood activities 1 2 Structural Transformation and the Non-farm Economy 4 2.1 Industrialisation and urbanisation 4 2.2 Regional growth theory and the rise and fall of the rural non-farm economy 5 2.3 Global str...

Most agribusiness firms are small. Regardless of the measurements or standards employed, this assertion remains valid. It is perhaps, the natural end product of our free enterprise economy, where entrepreneurial spirit remains more pervasive than the economies of size. Or perhaps this characterization of the agribusiness industry is linked inseparably to the very atomistic nature of our total a...

Rural industries play a significant role in the development of the rural economy. Their role in integrating the rural economy with the urban economy in an agro-based country like India is indispensable for the overall economic development of the country. These industries by promoting rural entrepreneurship contribute significantly to the social and economic development through labour absorption...

This paper examines the recent trends in regional income disparity and urban-rural income inequality in the Chinese economy. It finds that the income disparity between the eastern and western region had declined, but the urban-rural income inequality continued to rise in all four regions during the period under consideration. Moreover, the urban-rural income disparity increased more rapidly in ...