Depopulating the himalayan highlands: Education and outmigration from ethnically tibetan communities of Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Childs, Geoff ^a   Craig, Sienna ^b   Beall, Cynthia M ^c   Basnyat, Buddha ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Education; Himalaya; Migration; Nepal; Population decline; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; EQUITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FERTILITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; UPLAND REGION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84902973755     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00021.1     Document Type: Article

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