Intra-Household Time Allocation and Labor Migration Decisions in Rural South China

Lin Zhang and Jill L. Findeis

No 61520, 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: In this paper, a collective modeling framework is applied to analyze rural farm households’ labor supply behaviors in south China. The intrahousehold time allocation decision for on farm operation is influenced by household members’ off-farm migration behaviors, while the imperfect wage labor market in the rural areas imposes constraints on the off-farm labor supply and requires proper measure of farm shadow wage and shadow income. By considering the heterogeneity that exists among individuals, the value of labor time is associated with the production activities. The results reveal the disparity between husband and wife’s “wage” earning related to the distribution of nonlabor income. The interactions of income sharing contribute to the intrahousehold inequalities, which are essential to welfare policy analysis.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2010-05-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61520

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