scholarly journals Off-farm employment and time allocation in on-farm work in rural China from gender perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 34-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiliang Su ◽  
Tor Eriksson ◽  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
Yunli Bai
2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
Scott Rozelle ◽  
Jikun Huang
Keyword(s):  

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Wang ◽  
Jan Fidrmuc ◽  
Qi Luo ◽  
Mingzhong Luo
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Author(s):  
Tianxiang Li ◽  
Beibei Wu ◽  
Fujin Yi ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Tomas Baležentis

There is little understanding about the effects of adult child migration on the health of elderly parents left behind in the light of economic contribution and time allocation (farm work and emotional cohesion). Using the pooled data from three latest issues of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in the rural areas, this study assesses the impact of child migration on parents’ health by employing instrumental variable approach to deal with the endogeneity problem. Overall, the evidence suggests that adult child migration impairs parental health as indicated by lower self-reported health (SRH), body mass index (BMI), physical activity of daily living (PADL), and higher depression score. Moreover, parents who are female, poorly-educated, and living with one adult child at least are the most vulnerable groups in terms of poor health outcomes. The negative impact of farming burden on the health of parents left behind outweighs the positive impact of economic support and emotional cohesion. Thus, child migration exerts a significantly negative impact on parental health. Establishing medical and social security systems for the elderly is important to complement the traditional family support in rural China.


1946 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
S. A. Engene
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1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. Baker ◽  
Douglas B. Smith

AbstractA survey of organic farmers in New York State identified problems in need of university research. Weed management was the most frequently mentioned problem by far, identified as significant by two-thirds of the organic farmers. Only a few other problems were listed as significant, including insufficient time for farm work, lack of markets, low prices, and lack of appropriate tools. These were cited by more than a third of the farmers. Drought, insect management, and a lack of a dependable supply of labor were cited by about one-third of the respondents. The survey also examined organic farmers' information sources. They do not use conventional sources of agricultural information, such as the extension service and conventional agricultural media, as much as books, magazines, and newsletters on organic f arming, other organic f armers, and on-farm experiments. Many respondents noted that local extension agents did not know very much about non-chemical solutions to organic production problems. They considered University Extension to be accessible, but not very useful in solving problems specific to organic farming, and had many suggestions to improve Land Grant research in organic agriculture.


2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 577-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gudbrand Lien ◽  
Subal C. Kumbhakar ◽  
J. Brian Hardaker

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