Is the income difference affecting off-farm employment decision? Evidence from Chinese households
(2016) NEKN03 20161Department of Economics
- Abstract
- China is experiencing a rapid economic transformation, which witnesses a vast number of labourers moving out of agricultural sectors. In such a transformation, the effect of spatial income variance on labour’s off-farm work decision is still unclear. Based on the cross-sectional data from the national survey conducted in 2012, this study finds the effect on two kinds of off-farm employment, wage employment and self-employment. The empirical result shows that local income will significantly influence both types of off-farm employment, while it positively affects the decision towards wage employment and negatively affects those in self-employment.
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- author
- Zeng, Ke LU
- supervisor
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- Sonja Opper LU
- organization
- course
- NEKN03 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Off-farm working, Agricultural Sector, Local income, Multinomial Probit Model
- language
- English
- id
- 8877541
- date added to LUP
- 2016-06-22 13:55:56
- date last changed
- 2016-06-22 13:55:56
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