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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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796 |
| Summary: | 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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