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Chinese Peasant Choices : Farming, Rural Industry or Migration

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Knight, J
Song, L

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A nationally representative rural labour force survey of Chine is analysed to explore the allocation of labour among farming, local non-farming and temporary migration activites. The returns to non-farming greatly exceed those to farming, for reasons which are explored.

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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number 99188.

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Date of creation: 1997
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Keywords: CHINA ; AGRICULTURE ; RURAL INDUSTRY ; MIGRATION;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
O18 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses

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  1. Qingjie Xia & Colin Simmons, 2004. "The Determinants of Labour-time Allocation between Farm and Off-farm Work in Rural China: the Case of Liaoning Province," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 2(2), pages 169-184, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Terry Sicular & Yaohui Zhao, 2002. "Earnings and Labor Mobility in Rural China: Implications for China's WTO Entry," University of Western Ontario, RBC Financial Group Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers 20028, University of Western Ontario, RBC Financial Group Economic Policy Research Institute. [Downloadable!]
  3. John Knight & Linda Y. Yueh, 2004. "Urban Insiders versus Rural Outsiders: Complementarity or Competition in China`s Urban Labour Market?," Economics Series Working Papers 217, University of Oxford, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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