The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-Farm Employment and Earnings in Rural China

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dc.contributor.authorHuang, Jikun
dc.contributor.authorZhi, Huayong
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Zhurong
dc.contributor.authorRozelle, Scott
dc.contributor.authorGiles, John
dc.coverage.countryChinaen_US
dc.coverage.regionEast Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-10T18:05:48Z
dc.date.available2011-01-10T18:05:48Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
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.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/6686
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesPolicy Research Working Paper, no. 5439
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe World Bank, Human Development and Public Services Team, New York
dc.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectglobal commonsen_US
dc.subjectemploymenten_US
dc.subjectrural affairsen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-Farm Employment and Earnings in Rural Chinaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US

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