THE RISE OF RURAL-TO-RURAL LABOR MARKETS IN CHINA



October 2000

The Rise of Rural-to-Rural Labor Markets in China

Bryan Lohmar, Scott Rozelle and Changbao Zhao*

*Bryan Lohmar is an Economist at the Economic Research Service, US Department of
Agriculture. Scott Rozelle is an Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and
Resource Economics, University of California, Davis. Changbao Zhao is a Division Chief
at the Research Center for Rural Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, PRC. We would
also like to thank Colin Carter, Brad Gilmour, Murray Fulton, Amelia Hughart, Phil
Martin, Albert Park, Funing Zhong, members of WCC-101 Workshop on Agricultural
Markets in China and seminar participants at the Economic Research Service, US
Department of Agriculture, and 2 anonymous referees for comments and suggestions on
this work.

Key Words: rural labor, labor migration, rural industry, gender



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