Agricultural Productivity and Non-Farm Employment : Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural transformation of non-farm activities. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that emphasizes distinc...

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Main Authors:	Shilpi, Forhad, Emran, Shahe
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	JOBS EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH FARM GROWTH MOTIVATION RURAL INEQUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS SUPPLY CURVE EMPLOYMENT SHARE INFORMAL SECTOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE INCOME LABOR ALLOCATION INTEREST RATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DOMESTIC MARKET ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY WELFARE OPTIMIZATION EFFECTS POOR PEOPLE EQUILIBRIUM VARIABLES RURAL POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE MEASURES ACTIVE LABOR POVERTY REDUCTION AGRICULTURAL WAGE DEVELOPMENT DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT LEVEL DOMESTIC WORKERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR MARKET CROP YIELD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS RURAL HOUSEHOLD IRRIGATION EXPANSION RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME EMPLOYMENT LEVELS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RURAL INCOME FIRING COSTS INCOME GROWTH FOOD PRICE FARM EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT EXTERNALITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION UNEMPLOYED AGRICULTURAL WAGES EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME ECONOMIC CENSUSES FARM WORKERS LABOR TOTAL EMPLOYMENT UTILITY RURAL VILLAGES FARM SECTOR EXPORT MARKET FOOD PRODUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT CROP YIELDS LABOR COST PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH CONSUMPTION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HUMAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY COST EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION WORKERS WAGES POLICIES EMPLOYMENT SITUATION CLIMATE CHANGE DOMESTIC MARKETS REAL WAGE PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES LABOR DEMAND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS DIVISION OF LABOR FARM ACTIVITIES DEMAND UTILITY FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR RURAL ECONOMY ECONOMY AGRICULTURE CONSUMERS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RURAL RURAL TOWNS MEASUREMENT WAGE RATE CROP SCIENTISTS LABOR MOBILITY PRODUCTION FUNCTION ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL YIELDS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS TRADE GDP GOODS THEORY GROWTH RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVESTMENT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM IRRIGATION RISK EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION RURAL AREAS POVERTY SUPPLY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY LABOR SUPPLY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT POOR FOOD PROCESSING LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES WATER FOR IRRIGATION PRICES LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR MIGRATION MARKET WAGE NON-FARM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY EXCLUSION RESTRICTION EMPLOYEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26401889/agricultural-productivity-non-farm-employment-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24520

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24520

Agricultural Productivity and Non-Farm Employment : Evidence from Bangladesh

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