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Off-farm employment and grain production change: New evidence from China

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  • Yang, Jin
  • Wan, Qian
  • Bi, Wu

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How does off-farm employment affect grain production? Previous research findings are inconsistent. This paper provides a general theoretical framework to explain the effect of off-farm employment on grain production and consider that the effect is non-liner. The empirical results show that off-farm employment decreases grain production and insignificantly changes grain crop structure. Importantly, we find an inverted-U correlation between off-farm employment and grain production, meaning that off-farm employment will increase grain production when the off-farm labor supply is relatively low and will decrease grain production when the off-farm labor supply is relatively high. Further, we investigate the heterogeneity of the causal effect in the destinations of off-farm employment, household's land scale, land features, household location, and household aging.

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  • Yang, Jin & Wan, Qian & Bi, Wu, 2020. "Off-farm employment and grain production change: New evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:chieco:v:63:y:2020:i:c:s1043951x20301164
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101519
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