Machinery Investment Decision and Off-Farm Employment in Rural China

Yueqing Ji, Funing Zhong and Xiaohua Yu

No 115515, 2011 IAMO Forum, June 23-24, 2011, Halle (Saale), Germany from Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)

Abstract: This paper investigates the linkages between farmers’ machinery investment decision and off-farm employment in China. Both the theoretical model and the empirical results based on a survey of 453 households in Anhui Province indicate that agricultural labor input and small-size machinery investment are gross complements rather than substitutes when machinery service is available in the market. Consequently, farmers with small machinery are more likely to reduce their off-time employment time.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.115515

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