Nonfarm Activity and Rural Income Inequality : A Case Study of Two Provinces in China

Nonfarm activity plays an increasingly important role in rural household income. Based on data from the Living Standards Measurement Study in the provinces of Hebei and Liaoning, the authors study the distribution of nonfarm income in rural China. First, they assume nonfarm income as an exogenous tr...

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Main Authors:	Zhu, Nong, Luo, Xubei
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT ANALYTICAL METHODS ARABLE LAND AVERAGE INCOME COLLECTIVE LAND CREDIT MARKET DATA ENTRY DATA QUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC WELFARE EMPLOYMENT INCOME EQUAL DISTRIBUTION FARM ACTIVITIES FARM ACTIVITY FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM OUTPUT FARM SECTOR FARM WORK FARMER FARMERS FOOD PROCESSING HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EQUATION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME SCALE INCOME SHARE INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY REDUCTION INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKET INSURANCE MARKETS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE SHOCKS NON-SAMPLING ERROR NONFARM INCOME NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OBSERVED VALUE OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE ROLE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NET SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL SECURITY SURVEY DATA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGE RATES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6525930/nonfarm-activity-rural-income-inequality-case-study-two-provinces-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8789

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8789

Nonfarm Activity and Rural Income Inequality : A Case Study of Two Provinces in China

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