Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185504 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7306
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
While much research on China has focused on rural to urban migration and transitions of rural households away from agriculture, little is known about the changes within the rural agricultural sector. Yet, the agricultural sector continues to account for a large share of employment. We study the determinants of transitions from subsistence farming into either formal agricultural employment or agricultural self-employment. We pay particular attention to the role of capital endowments. We find that financial capital plays a relatively limited role, compared to natural, human, social and political capital.
Subjects: 
on-farm transitions
rural household livelihood strategy
capital endowments
labor allocation
JEL: 
D13
O18
Q10
Q12
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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