dc.contributor.author |
Huang, Jikun |
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dc.contributor.author |
Zhi, Huayong |
|
dc.contributor.author |
Huang, Zhurong |
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dc.contributor.author |
Rozelle, Scott |
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dc.contributor.author |
Giles, John |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-01-10T18:05:48Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-01-10T18:05:48Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6686 |
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dc.description.abstract |
"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." |
en_US |
dc.language |
English |
en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
The World Bank, Human Development and Public Services Team, New York |
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dc.subject |
livelihoods |
en_US |
dc.subject |
global commons |
en_US |
dc.subject |
employment |
en_US |
dc.subject |
rural affairs |
en_US |
dc.title |
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-Farm Employment and Earnings in Rural China |
en_US |
dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
Policy Research Working Paper, no. 5439 |
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dc.coverage.region |
East Asia |
en_US |
dc.coverage.country |
China |
en_US |
dc.subject.sector |
Social Organization |
en_US |