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

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 data set collected from across China, the paper finds that there was a substantial impact. By April 200...

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Main Authors: Huang, Jikun, Zhi, Huayong, Huang, Zhurong, Rozelle, Scott, Giles, John
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
AFFECTED WORKERS
AGE GROUP
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES
AVERAGE WAGE
BONUSES
CRISES
CULTIVATED LAND
EARNING
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EMPLOYMENT RATE
EMPLOYMENT RATES
EMPLOYMENT SHARE
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
FARM
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM WORK
FARMING
FEMINIZATION OF AGRICULTURE
GENDER DISPARITIES
GLOBAL LABOR MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
JOB LOSS
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB SEARCH
JOBS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LAID-OFF WORKERS
LAYOFF
LAYOFFS
LITERATURE
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
MIGRANT LABOR
OLDER WORKERS
PAPERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
PRODUCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RESEARCHERS
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKETS
RURAL WORKERS
SELF EMPLOYED
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNSKILLED WORKER
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGES
WORK FORCE
WORK IN PROGRESS
WORKERS
WORKING
YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101008100632
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3925

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3925

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