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 nonfarmactivities 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, they...

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Main Authors: Rahut, D.B., Jena, P.R., Ali, A., Behera, B., Nar Bahadur Chhetri
Format: Article biblioteca
Language:English
Published: MIT Press Journals 2015
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, Inequality, Nonfarm, EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, RURAL AREAS, ROLE OF WOMEN,
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21464
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