Migration, local off-farm employment, and agricultural production efficiency: Evidence from China

Peng Chao, Kevin Z. Chen, Songqing Jin, Jeffrey Riedinger, Hui Wang and Jin Yang

No 1338, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper studies the effect of local off-farm employment and migration on rural households’ technical efficiency of crop production using a five-year panel dataset from more than 2,000 households in five Chinese provinces. While there is not much debate about the positive contribution of migration and local off-farm employment to China’s economy, there is an increasing concern about the potential negative effects of moving labor away from agriculture on China’s future food security. This is a critical issue as maintaining self-sufficiency in grain production will be critical for China to feed its huge population in the future.

Keywords: Migration; labor; cereals; food security; Efficiency; local off-farm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-cna, nep-mig and nep-tra
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Journal Article: Migration, local off-farm employment, and agricultural production efficiency: evidence from China (2016)
Working Paper: Migration, Local Off-farm Employment and Agricultural Production Efficiency: Evidence from China (2014)
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