Agricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper deve...

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Main Authors:	Emran, Shahe, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AGRICULTURE CD CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY PRICE CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CROP SCIENTISTS CROP YIELD DEMAND CURVE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCLUSION RESTRICTION EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION EXPENDITURE FAMILY LABOR FARM ACTIVITIES FARM PRODUCTION FIRING COSTS FOOD OUTPUT FOOD PRODUCTION GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GAINS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERNATIONAL MARKET IRRIGATION IRRIGATION EXPANSION LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET WAGE MARKETING NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT NON-FARM SECTOR NORMAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY COST PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES REAL WAGE RETURNS TO SCALE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL LABOR MARKETS RURAL POVERTY RURAL TOWNS RURAL WAGES SELF EMPLOYMENT SKILLED LABOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTION SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY ELASTICITY SUPPLY FUNCTION SURPLUS SURPLUS LABOR TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS UTILITY FUNCTION WAGE DATA WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASE WAGE INCREASES WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGES WAR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20270087/agricultural-productivity-hired-labor-wages-poverty-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20518

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20270087/agricultural-productivity-hired-labor-wages-poverty-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20518

Agricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

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