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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Huang, Jikun; Zhi, Huayong; Huang, Zhurong; Rozelle, Scott; Giles, John |
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Date:
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2010 |
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Agency:
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Policy Research Working Paper, no. 5439 |
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Series:
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The World Bank, Human Development and Public Services Team, New York |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6686
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Sector:
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Social Organization |
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Region:
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East Asia |
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Subject(s):
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livelihoods
global commons
employment
rural affairs
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Abstract:
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"This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China’s rural labor force. Using a national representative data set collected from across China, the paper finds that there was a substantial impact. By April 2009 the reduction in off-farm employment as a result of the crises was 6.8 percent of the rural labor force. Monthly earnings also declined. However, while it is estimated that 49 million were laid-off between October 2008 and April 2009, half of them were re-hired in off-farm work by April 2009. By August 2009, less than 2 percent of the rural labor force was unemployed due to the crisis. The robust recovery appears to have helped avoid instability."
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