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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Main Authors:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	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 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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796

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spelling	okr-10986-147962021-04-23T14:03:20Z The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal Fafchamps, Marcel Shilpi, Forhad 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 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. 2013-08-05T16:49:12Z 2013-08-05T16:49:12Z 2002-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2845 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Nepal
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Fafchamps, Marcel Shilpi, Forhad The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No.2845
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Fafchamps, Marcel Shilpi, Forhad
author_facet	Fafchamps, Marcel Shilpi, Forhad
author_sort	Fafchamps, Marcel
title	The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
title_short	The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
title_full	The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
title_fullStr	The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
title_sort	spatial division of labor in nepal
publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1798586/spatial-division-labor-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14796
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The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal

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