Rural Nonfarm Employment andIncomes in the Himalayas

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Nonfarm activities generate on average about 60 percent of rural households' incomes in the Himalayas. This paper analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households. A unique data set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by using aggregations into categories that are useful both analytically and for policy purposes. 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, and geographical location also play a role

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 205

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
• Subject: Nonfarm employment ; Rural households ; Incomes ; Education ; India ; Soziale Lage ; Privater Haushalt ; Haushaltseinkommen ; Ländlicher Raum ; Himalaya ; Asien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Micevska, Maja ; Rahut, Dil Bahadur
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
• (where): New Delhi
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/176223
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