Title: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-farm Employment and Earnings in Rural China

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China’s rural labor force. Using a national representative data set collected from across China, the paper finds that there was a substantial impact. By April 2009 the reduction in off-farm employment as a result of the crises was 6.8 percent of the rural labor force. Monthly earnings also declined…

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Publication ID: 74

Category Description: Indicators for International Trade and Economic Globalization

Publication Type: Paper

Inistitute: The World Bank

Year: 2010

Month: October

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Author 1: Jikun Huang

Author 2: Huayong Zhi

Author 3:Zhurong Huang

Author 4: Scott Rozelle

Author 5: John Giles

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Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/trade/globalforum/publications/gvc/World%20Bank%20-%20Impact%20of%20Crisis%20on%20Employment%20in%20China.pdf

Tags: Asia , China , earning , global financial crisis , macroeconomic factors , off-firm employment , rural ,

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