An Analysis of Nepal Labor Force Surveys by Caste/Ethnicity

2009

This study made a trend analysis of four representative national level surveys: Nepal Living Standard Survey 1993/94; Nepal Labor Force Survey 1998/99; Nepal Living Standard Survey 2003/04; and Nepal Labor Force Survey 2008. More specifically, the study analyses economic activity, employment pattern, absentee labour force, remittance inflow, unemployment and labour force characteristics from the caste/ethnicity perspective. The study also analyses the changes in these characteristics over the survey period.