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Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan

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  • Dil Bahadur Rahut Chhetri

    (Socioeconomics Program International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  • Pradyot Ranjan Jena

    (NITK)

  • Akhter Ali

    (Socioeconomics Program International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  • Bhagirath Behera

    (IIT Kharagpur)

  • Nar Bahadur Chhetri

    (Save the Children International)

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  • Dil Bahadur Rahut Chhetri & Pradyot Ranjan Jena & Akhter Ali & Bhagirath Behera & Nar Bahadur Chhetri, 2015. "Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan," Asian Development Review, MIT Press, vol. 32(2), pages 65-94, September.
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    Keywords

    Bhutan; employment; income; inequality; nonfarm; rural; development; Asia; Pacific; policy; research;
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    JEL classification:

    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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