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| Title: | Social Viability Roles of the Agricultural Sector in China |
| Authors: | Weiming, Tian
Xiumei, Liu
Xia, Kang |
| Authors (Email): | Weiming, Tian (tianwm@vip.sina.com) |
| Keywords: | agricultural development
China
migration
rural labor |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Abstract: | This study assesses how the transfer of rural labor to non-farm sectors affects China's national economy and the role the agricultural sector plays with respect to rural-urban migration. Econometric models using official Chinese statistics are used to: evaluate the marginal productivities of rural labor in agriculture versus non-agriculture; identify determinants of rural labor transfer; and assess the socioeconomic impacts of these transfers. It is concluded that though agricultural growth stems problems relating to over-urbanization, there are significant economic costs and undesirable social consequences associated with under-urbanization. Gains brought about by flexibility in the transfer of rural labor to non rural labor include higher GDP and reduced discrepancies in living standards for rural and urban populations. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/12006 |
| Institution/Association: | eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics>Volume 1, Issue 1, 2004 |
| Total Pages: | 20 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 25 |
| To Page: | 44 |
| Collections: | Volume 01, Issue 1, 2004
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