Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan

Nonfarm Income, Inequality, and Land In Rural Egypt*

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Nonfarm employment and household income among ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Long run Impacts of China’s WTO Accession on Farm- Nonfarm Income Inequality and Rural Poverty

Many fear China’s accession to WTO will impoverish its rural people, via greater import competition in its agricultural markets. We explore that possibility bearing in mind that, even if producer prices of some (land-intensive) farm products fall, prices of other (labor-intensive) farm products could rise. Also, the removal of restrictions on exports of textiles and clothing could boost town an...

Rural Nonfarm Employment and International Migration as Alternatives to Agricultural Employment: the Case of Kyrgyzstan

v AKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost I would like to express my immense gratitude to my supervisors Marrit van den Berg and Adam Szirmai. Marrit van den Berg supported and helped me at all stages of a PhD marathon. I am very thankful that you agreed to be my supervisor without knowing me. You have been always ready to help and I could never imagine that it would be possible to receive answers to...

Income Inequality and Health in Rural China

As an indicator of social development and human capital, health has aroused ever-increasing concerns. Using CHNS2000 data, we attempt to address the following two issues: how could income inequality influence health; does the rising income inequality result in health inequality, especially will the health of the lower-income group get worse. We find that there is an “inverted-U” association bet...