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| Title: | | Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Eastern Himalayas  |
| Authors: | | Rahut, Dil Bahadur Micevska, Maja B. |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 22 |
| Abstract: | | Nonfarm activities generate on average about 60 percent of rural households? incomes in the eastern Himalayan region of India. This paper analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households. We present and explore an analytical framework that yields different activity choices as optimal solutions to a simple utility maximization problem. A unique data set collected in the eastern Himalayas allows us to closely examine the implications of the analytical framework. We conduct an empirical inquiry that reveals that education plays a major role in accessing more remunerative nonfarm employment. Other household assets and characteristics such as land, social status, geographical location, and credit access also play a role. |
| Subjects: | | Nonfarm employment Rural households Incomes Education India |
| JEL: | | Q12 O18 O15 R11 |
| Document Type: | | Conference Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, 2007 (Göttingen)
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