Household-level linkages between off-farm employment and agricultural fixed assets in rural China
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of off-farm employment on agricultural fixed assets among households in rural China.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors drew on panel data from two rounds of household-level surveys of more than 2,000 households in rural China. The two surveys were conducted in 2008 and 2012 in five provinces. The authors used instrumental-variable Tobit model to test whether the current value of agricultural fixed assets differ between households with different levels off-farm employment.
Findings
The authors observe that off-farm employment has a negative effect on the current value of agricultural fixed assets at the household level in rural China.
Originality/value
The authors believe that the results will contribute positively to the assessment of the effect of off-farm employment on the investment in agricultural fixed assets at the household level in the context of China.
Acknowledgements
JEL Classification — D13, D24, J12, J18, J22, J24, O13, Q01, Q12
The authors acknowledge the financial assistance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 71333012, 71110107028, and 71033003).
Citation
Su, W., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Luo, R. and YI, H. (2015), "Household-level linkages between off-farm employment and agricultural fixed assets in rural China", China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 185-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-07-2014-0075
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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