Winters, PaulEssam, TimothyZezza, AlbertoDavis, BenjaminCarletto, Calogero2012-03-302012-03-302010Journal of Agricultural Economics0021857Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5025This article proposes a general pattern of rural development in which increases in per capita income are associated with a decline in the importance of agricultural production and a rise in the importance of non-agricultural income sources. Following the approach to examining Engel's Law, we use data from 15 developing countries and a merged dataset to test whether such a pattern emerges. The analysis shows a strong, positive relationship between per capita income and the share of income earned from rural non-agricultural wage employment and a negative relationship between per capita income and agricultural production.ENEconomic Development: AgricultureNatural ResourcesEnergyEnvironmentOther Primary Products O130Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural AnalysesTransportation O180Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand AnalysisPrices Q110Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110Journal ArticleWorld Bank