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Gender and off-farm employment: evidence from rural China / Wang, Xiaobing; Han, Linghui ; Huang, Jikun ; Zhang, Linxiu   Journal Article
Wang, Xiaobing Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract 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 off-farm employment trends are different 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.
Key Words Wages  Gender  Rural China  Self-Employment 
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