Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China
Using longitudinal household survey data from rural China and an identification strategy based on observed rainfall realizations, we are able to test household responses to idiosyncratic and covariate income shocks. We find that negative idiosyncratic income shocks increase migration and elicit hous...
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| author | Ward, Patrick S. Shively, Gerald E. |
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| description | Using longitudinal household survey data from rural China and an identification strategy based on observed rainfall realizations, we are able to test household responses to idiosyncratic and covariate income shocks. We find that negative idiosyncratic income shocks increase migration and elicit household out rental of land. The effect of covariate income shocks is generally dependent on both the timing and the nature of the shock. Our results suggest that rainfall deficiencies during paddy maturing or harvesting seasons reduce the number of migrants by raising the marginal value product of farm labour, thereby increasing the opportunity costs associated with migration. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1498642024-10-25T08:06:29Z Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China Ward, Patrick S. Shively, Gerald E. income economic shock rain households labour land use migration rural areas resilience Using longitudinal household survey data from rural China and an identification strategy based on observed rainfall realizations, we are able to test household responses to idiosyncratic and covariate income shocks. We find that negative idiosyncratic income shocks increase migration and elicit household out rental of land. The effect of covariate income shocks is generally dependent on both the timing and the nature of the shock. Our results suggest that rainfall deficiencies during paddy maturing or harvesting seasons reduce the number of migrants by raising the marginal value product of farm labour, thereby increasing the opportunity costs associated with migration. 2015-11-06 2024-08-01T02:50:06Z 2024-08-01T02:50:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149864 en Limited Access Wiley Ward, Patrick S. and Shively, Gerald E. 2015. Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China. Pacific Economic Review 20(4): 511-543. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0106.12072 |
| spellingShingle | income economic shock rain households labour land use migration rural areas resilience Ward, Patrick S. Shively, Gerald E. Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title | Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title_full | Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title_fullStr | Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title_short | Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China |
| title_sort | migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural china |
| topic | income economic shock rain households labour land use migration rural areas resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149864 |
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