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The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal

the authors examine how economic activity and market participation are distributed across space. Applying a nonparametric von Thunen model to Nepalese data, the authors uncover a strong spatial division of labor. Nonfarm employment is concentrated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fafchamps, Marcel, Shilpi, Forhad
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET ECONOMETRIC MODELS
NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
SPATIAL ANALYSIS (STATISTICS)
NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT
ISOLATION
SPECIALIZATION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
WAGE EARNERS
MARKET ACCESS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
ANIMALS
ARABLE LAND
CEREALS
CITIES
COMMERCIAL CROPS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COUNTRYSIDE
CROP
CROPPING
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPPING SEASONS
CROPS
CULTIVATED LAND
DISTRICTS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRY SEASON
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION
ECONOMISTS
EMPLOYMENT
FARM
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM WORK
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER USE
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HOUSING COSTS
INCOME
INCOME GENERATION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INHABITANTS
INNOVATION
INPUT USE
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
LAND USE
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
NEIGHBORHOODS
OILSEEDS
PADDY
PEARS
PLANTATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION DENSITIES
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION OF PADDY
PULSES
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
RETURNS TO SCALE
RICE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SETTLEMENT
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TOWNS
URBAN
URBAN AGRICULTURE
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBAN POPULATION
VEGETABLES
VILLAGES
WAGES
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796

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