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dc.contributor.authorRahut, Dil Bahaduren
dc.contributor.authorMicevska, Maja B.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:08:30Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:08:30Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/19877-
dc.description.abstractNonfarm 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 |x22en
dc.subject.jelQ12en
dc.subject.jelO18en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.jelR11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordNonfarm employmenten
dc.subject.keywordRural householdsen
dc.subject.keywordIncomesen
dc.subject.keywordEducationen
dc.subject.keywordIndiaen
dc.titleRural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Eastern Himalayas-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn560906943en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec07:6545en

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