Chinese Peasant Choices: Farming, Rural Industry or Migration.

A nationally representative rural labour force survey of Chine is analysed to explore the allocation of labour among farming, local non-farming and temporary migration activites. The returns to non-farming greatly exceed those to farming, for reasons which are explored.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Knight, J, Song, L
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 1997