The impact of health on off-farm income of China's migrant workers
| Autor: | Jiang ZhongYi, Yu ShuangQuan, Qin LiJian, Wang ChengGang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Labour economics
business.industry 05 social sciences Farm income Investment (macroeconomics) Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Agriculture Off-farm income 0502 economics and business Economics 030212 general & internal medicine Heckman correction 050207 economics Rural area business China Socioeconomics General Economics Econometrics and Finance Research center |
| Zdroj: | Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika). 59:90-99 |
| ISSN: | 1805-9295 0139-570X |
| DOI: | 10.17221/114/2012-agricecon |
| Popis: | Th e purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of health on the off -farm income of China's mig- rant workers by the Heckman model. Th e dataset collected from the Research Center for Rural Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture of China between 2003 and 2007 was used in this paper. Th e results of both qualitative and quantitative analy- sis show that the health of fl owing workers signifi cantly infl uences their off -farm income. Flowing workers associated with a poor health condition earn less than those who are of good health, and the off -farm income gap due to the health condi- tion widens year by year. In addition, poor health negatively impacts the off -farm participant decision for the China's rural residents. Th erefore, more attention should be given to the health investment of migrant workers so as to improve their health and increase their off -farm income. |
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