Differential adoption of modern rice technology and regional wage differential in Nepal
研究了尼泊尔不同生态区现代水稻品种采用差异如何通过劳动力迁移影响区域工资，发现采用现代品种增加了对雇佣劳动力的需求，促进了从不利地区向有利地区的迁移，从而大致均衡了不同生产环境的平均工资。
In Nepal, which consists of ecologically distinct regions, the concentration of the adoption of modern rice varieties in the favourable rice growing areas of the country has raised fears that regional income disparities have widened. This study shows that greater demand for hired labour due to the adoption of modern rice varieties has induced permanent and seasonal migration from unfavourable to favourable areas. This appears to have largely equalised average wage rates across different production environments. Thus, as far as labour income is concerned, benefits from the modern varieties have been widely shared.