Household-level linkages between off-farm employment and agricultural fixed assets in rural China

Weiliang Su (weiliang_su@zufe.edu.cn), Chengfang Liu, Linxiu Zhang, Renfu Luo and Hongmei Yi (hmyi.ccap@pku.edu.cn)

China Agricultural Economic Review, 2015, vol. 7, issue 2, 185-196

Abstract: Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of off-farm employment on agricultural fixed assets among households in rural China. Design/methodology/approach - – The authors drew on panel data from two rounds of household-level surveys of more than 2,000 households in rural China. The two surveys were conducted in 2008 and 2012 in five provinces. The authors used instrumental-variable Tobit model to test whether the current value of agricultural fixed assets differ between households with different levels off-farm employment. Findings - – The authors observe that off-farm employment has a negative effect on the current value of agricultural fixed assets at the household level in rural China. Originality/value - – The authors believe that the results will contribute positively to the assessment of the effect of off-farm employment on the investment in agricultural fixed assets at the household level in the context of China.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1108/CAER-07-2014-0075

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