Drivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh

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dc.creatorSen, Binayak
dc.creatorDorosh, Paul A.
dc.creatorAhmed, Mansur
dc.creatorvan Asselt, Joanna
dc.date2018-06-21
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:52Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:09:07Z
dc.descriptionThis 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96065
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161194
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160673
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172118
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSen, 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
dc.subjectstructural adjustment
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectlabour market
dc.subjectnonfarm income
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjecturban areas
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectrural transformation
dc.subjectrural development
dc.titleDrivers, trends, and consequences of changing household employment patterns in rural Bangladesh
dc.typeWorking Paper

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