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



Table 5. Employment and Wage Impacts of Increasing Non-Village Workers__________

Villages with an Increase in

Non-Village Workers

Villages with no Increase in

Non-Village Workers

1988

1995

1988_______

1995

Off-Farm Employment

(1)                (2)                     (3)                (4)

(Percent of Workers with Off-Farm Employment)

Total Off-Farm

All Workers

(1)

33.1

50.4

25.1

37.1

Male

(2)

41.7

60.8

33.2

47.7

Female

(3)

23.3

38.4

15.0

24.7

Employed in the Village

All Workers

(4)

19.5

29.3

10.9

17.6

Male

(5)

26.1

35.7

13.2

20.9

Female

(6)

12.2

21.9

8.2

13.7

Employed Outside Village

All Workers

(7)

13.5

21.1

14.2

19.5

Male

(8)

15.6

25.1

20.0

26.8

Female

(9)

11.1

16.5

6.8

11.0

Off-Farm Earnings


(Yuan per Month, deflated to 1988 Yuan)

Out-Commuters

Male

(10)

244

262

288

286

Female

(11)

198

194

197

209

Out-Migrants
Male

(12)

246

337

257

256

Female

(13)

154

203

213

231

Self-Employed

Male

(14)

794

1137

477

561

Female

(15)

609

1073

369

345

Source: Authors’ survey.

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