The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
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World Bank, Washington, D.C.
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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 in and around
cities, while agricultural wage employment dominates
villages located further away. Vegetables are produced near
urban centers. Paddy and commercial crops are more important
at intermediate distances. Isolated villages revert to
self-subsistence. The findings of the study are consistent
with the von Thunen model of concentric specialization,
corrected to account for city size. Spatial division of
labor is closely related to factor endowments and household
characteristics, especially at the local level.
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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, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, 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