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Is the income difference affecting off-farm employment decision? Evidence from Chinese households

Zeng, Ke LU (2016) NEKN03 20161
Department 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
organization
course
NEKN03 20161
year
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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  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.}},
  author       = {{Zeng, Ke}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Is the income difference affecting off-farm employment decision? Evidence from Chinese households}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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