@article{Chawanote:103879,
      recid = {103879},
      author = {Chawanote, Chayanee and Barrett, Christopher B.},
      title = {Rural Non-farm Dynamics: Occupational Ladders and Earnings  Mobility in Thailand},
      address = {2011-05-04},
      number = {321-2016-10856},
      series = {Poster},
      pages = {2},
      month = {May},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {This study explores occupational and earnings dynamics of  rural non-farm economy (RNFE) in Thailand. Using  occupational transition matrices, we finds significant  occupational transitions in rural Thailand, mainly  involving moving to non-farm employment, rather than  starting businesses. Moreover, results from conditional  micro mobility regressions show that transitions into the  RNFE are associated with statistically significant earnings  gains while transitions into farming are associated with  earnings losses. The cumulative distribution of income  indicates that non-farm employers’ earnings distribution  stochastically dominates the others, signaling an  occupational ladder. However, only a small number of  individuals become non-farm employers, reflecting the  difficulty involved in starting, expanding or even keeping  a rural non-farm business.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/103879},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.103879},
}