The spatial division of labour in Nepal
用非参数冯·杜能模型分析尼泊尔数据，发现非农就业集中在城市周边，农业工资就业在远郊，蔬菜近城、水稻和商业作物在中距离，偏远村庄自给自足，空间分工与要素禀赋和家庭特征密切相关。
This article examines how economic activity and market participation are distributed across space. Applying a nonparametric von Thünen model to Nepalese data, we uncover a strong spatial division of labour. Non-farm employment is concentrated in and around cities while agricultural wage employment dominates villages located further away. Vegetables are produced near urban centres; paddy and commercial crops are more important at intermediate distances. Isolated villages revert to self-subsistence. Findings are consistent with the von Thünen model of concentric specialisation, corrected to account for city size. Spatial division of labour is closely related to factor endowments and household characteristics, especially at the local level.