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Moving out of agriculture in Bangladesh: The role of farm, non-farm and mixed households

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  • Sen, Binayak
  • Dorosh, Paul
  • Ahmed, Mansur

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This paper explores patterns of exit from agriculture in rural Bangladesh by utilizing nationally representative repeat cross-section and pseudo-panel survey data. Our analysis focuses at the rural household level where we focus on three types of households: (a) “pure” agriculture households in which all workers are employed only in agriculture; (b) “mixed” households in which some members remain in the farm sector and others pursue nonfarm activities, and (c) rural “nonfarm” households who are exclusively dependent on non-agricultural employment.

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  • Sen, Binayak & Dorosh, Paul & Ahmed, Mansur, 2021. "Moving out of agriculture in Bangladesh: The role of farm, non-farm and mixed households," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:144:y:2021:i:c:s0305750x21000917
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105479
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