| ID | 159080 |
| Title Proper | Increasing wage, mechanization, and agriculture production in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Qiao, Fangbin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | As the population bonus disappeared, the wage rate has increased significantly since the early 2000s in China. Increasing wages have significantly affected export-oriented industries as well as agriculture. Mechanization is another factor affecting China's agriculture. This study shows the increasing wage and the mechanization have a negative impact on land area devoted to labor-intensive crops but a positive impact on land area devoted to labor-extensive crops. Based on nationally representative data, the empirical results conform well to the theoretical predictions. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Economic Review Vol. 45; Dec 2017: p.249-260 |
| Journal Source | China Economic Review 2017-12 |
| Key Words | China ; Mechanization ; Increasing Wage ; Labor-Intensive ; Labor-Extensive |