An Analysis of the Influence of Exterior Shock on the Employment of Migrant Workers in the Impoverished Rural Areas --Taking the Employment of the Laborers in the Impoverished Rural Areas in the Financial Crisis as an Example
An Analysis of the Influence of Exterior Shock on the Employment of Migrant Workers in the Impoverished Rural Areas --Taking the Employment of the Laborers in the Impoverished Rural Areas in the Financial Crisis as an Example
LUO Ren-fu, ZHANG Lin-xiu, ZHAO Qi-ran, LIU Cheng-fang
(Research Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy, IGSNRR, CAS, Beijing 100101, China)
Abstract Using the household survey data from 720 farm households in 3 provinces, 6 counties and 24 towns, the authors analyzed the off-farm employment situation of the laborers in the impoverished rural areas of our country and the influence of financial crisis on off-farm employment. The analysis result shows that only about half of the laborers in the impoverished areas of our country are employed in the off-farm industries. The percentage is lower than that of other areas of our country. The financial crisis had more negative effect on the laborers who have lower education level and haven’t received technical training than on the laborers who have higher education level and have received technical training. The research found that the involvement rate of the off-farm employment of the laborers in the impoverished rural areas of our country is low and the negative effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment is greater in the impoverished rural areas than the non-impoverished rural areas. This result is of great significance for the government making policies supporting the impoverished areas and the vulnerable groups in the future.
LUO Ren-Fu,ZHANG Lin-Xiu,DIAO Qi-Ran et al. An Analysis of the Influence of Exterior Shock on the Employment of Migrant Workers in the Impoverished Rural Areas --Taking the Employment of the Laborers in the Impoverished Rural Areas in the Financial Crisis as an Example. Economic Survey, 2011, 28(3): 0103.
2011, Vol. 28 
