Diversified Employment Choices of Farmers under the Influence ofFamily and Personal Factors: Based on CFPS Data
LIU Yu-cheng1,2, XU Hui1,2
1. Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China; 2. Economics School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China
Abstract Based on CFPS data and the Multinominal Logistic Model, this paper studied the diversified employment choices of farmers under the influences of family and personal factors. The main results are as follows: the family factors and personal factors play important roles in the diversified employment choices of farmers and the influences of these factors are different significantly when farmers are choosing different types of job. The family factors such as family income and family finance assets and the personal factors such as health status and educational background positively influence the selection of non-agricultural employment of farmers, while other family factors such as family population and family cultivated lands positively influence the selection of agricultural employment of farmers. Under the influence of single factor such as family income, age, gender and education level, the employment choices of farmers have obvious preference ordering.
LIU Yu-Cheng,XU Hui. Diversified Employment Choices of Farmers under the Influence ofFamily and Personal Factors: Based on CFPS Data. Economic Survey, 2017, 34(1): 032.
2017, Vol. 34 
