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