...Zheng Shen; Derek S. Brown; Kang Yu Purpose Off-farm employment is an important factor associated with fertility transition in many developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of female off-farm employment on their fertility desire in rural China. Design...

...Yunli Bai; Tianhao Zhou; Zhiyuan Ma; Linxiu Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of infrastructure on the income growth and poverty reduction of rural household in China by estimating the impact of road accessibility on the extent of household off-farm employment and its...

... Rubber Elevation Land rental Off-farm employment Southwest China J61 Q12 Q15 National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 71761137002 71673008 Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 10.13039/501100001809 01LL0919 28 06 2020 08...

...Tonglong Zhang; Xiaowen Huang; Lina Zhang; Linxiu Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the development of China's rural labor markets and the identification of the important factors that affect rural labor's off-farm employment and migration. Design/methodology/approach Based...

....; and μ_i is an error term. To estimate the relationship between household welfare, Y_i (such as household income and income per capita), and off-farm employment participation, L_i, we start with a linear function: (2) Y i = β X...

...Shi Min Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential causes of the reduction of cotton cultivation in Shandong Province of China from the perspective of smallholders and notably examine the role of off-farm employment. Design/methodology/approach This paper extends...

... of this paper is to measure the correlation between the emergence of off‐farm employment and cultivated land rental in China. Design/methodology/approach Based on a panel data from 2000 and 2008, the authors constructed econometric models to identify the impact of off‐farm employment on the decisions...