Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268720 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agricultural Economics [ISSN:] 1574-0862 [Volume:] 37 [Issue:] 2-3 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 167-178
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
The work is devoted to the dynamics of labor market participation of Chinese rural households. Based on a theoretical farm household framework the choice between four distinct labor market participation states is empirically analyzed. Using household data over the period 1995–2002 from the province Zhejiang we apply a discrete time hazard approach to analyze households' labor market participation histories. In particular, we investigate the movements between autarky and participation in general and, more specifically, the shifts between part-time and full-time farming. Estimation results suggest significant duration dependence, more precisely, a decreasing risk of moving from one state to another with an increasing time a household occupies one of these states. Further, the likelihoods of starting any participation in labor markets and to start part-time farming are considerably higher than to end participation or to return to full-time farming. In addition, we find that labor market participation decisions are significantly related to several household and farm characteristics.
JEL: 
C41
J22
J24
J43
J62
Q12
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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