Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh
This paper focuses on rural nonfarm development via the route of salaried employment. The analysis is at the rural household level for two types of households: “mixed” households whereby some workers remain in the farm sector and others pursue nonfarm activities and the rural households who are excl...
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| author | Sen, Binayak Dorosh, Paul A. Ahmed, Mansur van Asselt, Joanna |
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| description | This paper focuses on rural nonfarm development via the route of salaried employment. The analysis is at the rural household level for two types of households: “mixed” households whereby some workers remain in the farm sector and others pursue nonfarm activities and the rural households who are exclusively dependent on nonfarm employment (rural nonfarm). The study has produced three major findings. First, compared with the mixed or farm-only households, nonfarm households seem to have more income. Second, nonfarm households discourage unpaid work, especially among female workers, in sharp contrast to the increasing share of unpaid work in both farm and mixed households. Third, nonfarm households increasingly rely, for their livelihoods, on salaried employment, which is likely to be of a more durable nature than the juggling of multiple occupations observed in the case of mixed households. Analysis of possible factors influencing the formation of nonfarm households shows the importance of human capital, non-land assets, and proximity to larger towns, while natural shocks seem to encourage the formation of mixed households and remittance from abroad tends to stimulate the farm orientation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1468142025-11-06T05:49:30Z Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh Sen, Binayak Dorosh, Paul A. Ahmed, Mansur van Asselt, Joanna structural adjustment human capital labour market nonfarm income employment urban areas households rural transformation rural development This paper focuses on rural nonfarm development via the route of salaried employment. The analysis is at the rural household level for two types of households: “mixed” households whereby some workers remain in the farm sector and others pursue nonfarm activities and the rural households who are exclusively dependent on nonfarm employment (rural nonfarm). The study has produced three major findings. First, compared with the mixed or farm-only households, nonfarm households seem to have more income. Second, nonfarm households discourage unpaid work, especially among female workers, in sharp contrast to the increasing share of unpaid work in both farm and mixed households. Third, nonfarm households increasingly rely, for their livelihoods, on salaried employment, which is likely to be of a more durable nature than the juggling of multiple occupations observed in the case of mixed households. Analysis of possible factors influencing the formation of nonfarm households shows the importance of human capital, non-land assets, and proximity to larger towns, while natural shocks seem to encourage the formation of mixed households and remittance from abroad tends to stimulate the farm orientation. 2018-06-21 2024-06-21T09:08:52Z 2024-06-21T09:08:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146814 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161194 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160673 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172118 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sen, Binayak; Dorosh, Paul; Ahmed, Mansur; and Van Asselt, Joanna. 2018. Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1733. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146814 |
| spellingShingle | structural adjustment human capital labour market nonfarm income employment urban areas households rural transformation rural development Sen, Binayak Dorosh, Paul A. Ahmed, Mansur van Asselt, Joanna Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title | Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title_full | Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title_short | Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh |
| title_sort | drivers trends and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural bangladesh |
| topic | structural adjustment human capital labour market nonfarm income employment urban areas households rural transformation rural development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146814 |
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