Rural nonfarm employment and incomes in the himalayas

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-193

  Micevska, Maja ^a   Rahut, Dil Bahadur ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; JOB SEARCH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50849138911     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590460     Document Type: Article

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