The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-Farm Employment and Earnings in Rural China

This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China's rural labor force. Using a national representative dataset, we find that there was a large impact. By April 2009 off-farm employment reached 6.8% of the rural labor force. Monthly earnings also declined. Ho...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Huang, Jikun, Zhi, Huayong, Huang, Zhurong, Rozelle, Scott, Giles, John
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5858