The Influence of Human Capital and Social Capital on the Gendered Division of Labor in Peasant Family in Sichuan, China

Yue Shui (), Dingde Xu (), Yi Liu () and Shaoquan Liu ()
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Yue Shui: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dingde Xu: College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University
Yi Liu: Sichuan Agricultural University
Shaoquan Liu: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, vol. 155, issue 2, No 5, 505-522

Abstract: Abstract Based on the disordered multi-class logistic regression model, using the data from the rural household survey conducted by the Sichuan Rural Development Survey Team in 2016, we analyzed the impact of human capital and social capital on the rural division of labor and gender division of labor in China. In general, human capital factors and social capital factors have important influences on rural family division decision-making and gender division of labor: the improvement of education level promotes the choice of non-agricultural work for both husband and wife. The overall family labor force has a negative impact on the choice of the wife to engage in non-agricultural work alone. Compared with men, women’s family division is affected by more kinds of social capital. The conclusion provides an important policy idea for promoting the rural labor force to achieve stable employment and urbanization strategies in the non-agricultural sector and to promote rural revitalization.

Keywords: Human capital; Social capital; Rural labor; Family division; Gender division of labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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