China in transition poverty, income decomposition and labor allocation of agricultural households in Hebei province
In China, inequality in social welfare is of rising political concern. This case study analyzes the determinants of well-being of rural households in Hebei using a secondary panel data set (1986 to 2006). One key question is how well-being was affected by institutional changes in times of societal t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt am Main
Peter Lang
2012, 2012
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| Series: | Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In China, inequality in social welfare is of rising political concern. This case study analyzes the determinants of well-being of rural households in Hebei using a secondary panel data set (1986 to 2006). One key question is how well-being was affected by institutional changes in times of societal transition. Based on population grouping, the author analyzes poverty and income development. The study reveals impacts of new possibilities to provide labor outside the own farm on the allocation of households' labor time and the stability of full- and part-time farming over time. The assessments ground on agricultural household models, microeconomic concepts of labor allocation, and welfare theories. Different methodologies, e.g. inequality decomposition or hazard analysis, are applied |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 213 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1299422489 9783631633281 9781299422483 3631633289 |