 Class, caste and landholding in the analysis of the rural economyP. H. Prasad and Gerry Rodgers ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Abstract: Working paper assessing the importance of social class, caste and land ownership variables in economic analysis of rural economies, comprising a case study of Bihar, India - includes a brief literature survey; based on a 1981 sample survey of poverty and rural employment, shows the importance of interactions and correlations in explaining inter-household variations in labour force participation, indebtedness, agricultural technology and education. Graphs and references. Keywords: social class.; caste; land ownership; rural economy; sample; survey.; poverty; rural employment; household.; labour force participation; indebtedness; agricultural technology; education.; classe sociale; caste; propriété foncière; économie rurale; clase social; casta; propiedad de la tierra; economía rural; échantillon; enquête; pauvreté; emploi rural; ménage; taux d'activité; endettement; technologie agricole; éducation; muestra; encuesta; pobreza; empleo rural; hogar; tasa de actividad de mano de obra; endeudamiento; tecnología agrícola; educación (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992254183402676 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC. |
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