Gender and Off-farm Employment： Evidence from Rural China  

作　　者：Xiaobing Wang Linghui Han Jikun Huang Linxiu Zhang Scott Rozelle 

机构地区：[1]Associate Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China. [2]Researcher, Research Institute of Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance and the National Institute for Fiscal Studies, Tsinghua University, China [3]Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China [4]Professor, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China [5]Professor, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA

出　　处：《China & World Economy》2016年第3期18-36,共19页中国与世界经济（英文版）

基　　金：The authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 71373255 and 71333013）, the Institute for Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources and the Chinese Academy of Sciences （2012RC 102; 2012ZD208;KSZD-EW-Z-021 - 1; Y02015004）.

摘　　要：The goal of the present paper is to examine how the expansion of the economy from 2000 has affected rural off-farm labor market participation. Specifically, we seek to determine whether off-farm labor increased after 2000, what forms of employment are driving trends in off-farm labor and whether gender differences can be observed in off- farm employment trends. Using a nationally representative dataset that consist of two waves of surveys conducted in 2000 and 2008 in six provinces, this paper finds that off- farm labor market participation continued to rise steadily in the early 2000s. However, there is a clear difference in the trends associated with occupational choice before and after 2000. In addition, we find that rural oy^farm employment trends are diffbrent for men and women. Our analysis also shows that the rise of wage-earning employment corresponds with an increasing unskilled wage for both men and women.The goal of the present paper is to examine how the expansion of the economy from 2000 has affected rural off-farm labor market participation. Specifically, we seek to determine whether off-farm labor increased after 2000, what forms of employment are driving trends in off-farm labor and whether gender differences can be observed in off- farm employment trends. Using a nationally representative dataset that consist of two waves of surveys conducted in 2000 and 2008 in six provinces, this paper finds that off- farm labor market participation continued to rise steadily in the early 2000s. However, there is a clear difference in the trends associated with occupational choice before and after 2000. In addition, we find that rural oy^farm employment trends are diffbrent for men and women. Our analysis also shows that the rise of wage-earning employment corresponds with an increasing unskilled wage for both men and women.

关 键 词：GENDER rural China SELF-EMPLOYMENT wages 

分 类 号：F249.214[经济管理—劳动经济] F249.21[经济管理—国民经济]