Road Expansion and Off-Farm Work in Rural China*. (16th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qiao, Fangbin; Rozelle, Scott; Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Linxiu; Luo, Renfu
• Is Part Of: China quarterly. Number 218(2014:Jun.)
• Page Start: 428
• Page End: 451
• Publication Date: 2014-05-16
• Subjects: China -- History -- Periodicals; China -- Periodicals; 951
• DOI: 10.1017/S0305741014000629
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-7410

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This study estimates the impact of road expansion on off-farm activities in rural China. To achieve this goal, econometric models that capture the impact of road expansion on migration and local off-farm works are developed and estimated using individual data. Estimation results show that road expansion encourages farmers to participate in local off-farm work rather than migrate. In addition, road expansion also has a significant impact on the working time and income of local off-farm work.</p> </abstract>