Determinants of Rural Non-Farm Employment-Empirical Evidence from Three Villages in Northern Bangladesh

Does rural transformation affect rural income inequality? Insights from cross-district panel data analysis in Bangladesh

“…The rise in RT2 in Bangladesh is a result of labor market adjustments to factors like education, financial access, agricultural mechanization, urban proximity, migration, and natural disasters like cyclones, floods, and droughts [ 73 ]. Sarkar and Mandal [ 74 ] revealed that rural household heads who are educated are more likely to move towards non-farm employment. They also observed a positive correlation between the presence of more earning individuals in a family and the probability of participating in non-farm employment.…”

Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction

“…Hossain (2004) finds that more than 50 percent of rural households' activities are directly linked to agriculture. Following the insights of Mandal (2003)-taking account of the backward and forward linkages-Sarker, Mandal, and Kleinke (2013) empirically estimate that every 100 person-days of farm employment in rice production generates an additional 58 person-days of employment in the nonfarm economy through a multitude of support services, processing, and marketing activities.…”