Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan

Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan

Using the 2012 Bhutan Living Standard Survey, this paper finds that rural nonfarm activities comprise 60.7% of rural household income in Bhutan and this contribution increases with higher income and education levels. The poor and less educated participate less in the nonfarm sector. When they do, th...

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Main Authors: Dil Bahadur Rahut, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Akhter Ali, Bhagirath Behera, Nar Bahadur Chhetri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2015-09-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Subjects:
Bhutan
employment
income
inequality
nonfarm
rural
Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ADEV_a_00052

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