The Impact of Agricultural Labor Reallocation on Regional Economic Convergence——An Extended Study and Empirical Analysis of China based on Mas-Colell and Razin Model
ZHOU Guo-fu1, LI Jing1,2
(1.Dept. of Statistics, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin 300222;2.Dept. of Statistics, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning 530003,China)
Abstract:
This paper studies the impact of agricultural labor reallocation on regional economic convergence with dual model based on Mas-Colell and Razin by testing China's provincial panel data from 1983 to 2010. The results show there is no significant impact of the agricultural labor reallocation on regional economic convergence from 1983 to 2010. However, there is an inverted U relation between productivity growth and the initial non agricultural labor share since 2000. This implies the impact of labor reallocation on convergence is emerging.
ZHOU Guo-fu, LI Jing.The Impact of Agricultural Labor Reallocation on Regional Economic Convergence——An Extended Study and Empirical Analysis of China based on Mas-Colell and Razin Model [J] Economic Survey, 2012,V1(6): 1-5