A re-estimation of China¡¯s agricultural surplus labor ¡ª¡ª the demonstration and modification of three prevalent methods

Jiangui Wang () and Shouhai Ding
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Jiangui Wang: School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300074, China
Shouhai Ding: School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China

Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2006, vol. 1, issue 2, 171-181

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to re-estimate China s agricultural surplus labor. Our estimation is based on three prevalent methods including classical, neoclassical and standard structure comparing methods. Different from other researchers, we pay attention to not only the total amount of surplus labor but also its distribution among different provinces and districts. By comparing the results from the different methods, we conclude that the classical method is the most creditable. In order to make them more reasonable, we modified the three methods. The results show that there are about 40 million agricultural surplus labor in China currently.

Keywords: surplus labor; amount; structure; estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 J21 J43 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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