Labor markets, occupational choice, and rural poverty in four Asian countries

Labor markets, occupational choice, and rural poverty in four Asian countries

This paper explores the underlying mechanism in the rural labor market that leads to income growth and poverty reduction in the rural areas of the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Increase in nonfarm income, most importantly coming from formal jobs, has served as an important driver...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 50, no. 1 (June 2013), p. 23-44.
Main Authors: Estudillo, Jonna P. (Author), Matsumoto, Tomoya (Author), Hayat, Chowdhury Zia Uddin (Author), Kumanayake, Nandika S. (Author), Otsuka, Kejiro (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2013.
Subjects:
Rural poor > Philippines.
Rural population > Philippines.
Rural poor > Asia.
Rural population > Asia.
Online Access:https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9