Wage Growth, Landholding, and Mechanization in Chinese Agriculture

Wage Growth, Landholding, and Mechanization in Chinese Agriculture

This paper uses farm panel data from China to examine the dynamics of land transactions, machine investments, and the demand for machine services. Recently, China's agriculture has experienced a large expansion of machine rentals and machine s...

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Main Authors:	Wang, Xiaobing, Yamauchi, Futoshi, Otsuka, Keijiro, Huang, Jikun
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH CAPITAL-LABOR CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELD CROPS CULTIVATED AREAS CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DAILY WAGE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FAMILY LABOR FAMILY MEMBERS FARM AREA FARM EFFICIENCY FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM LABOR FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARM WORK FARM WORKERS FARMERS FARMING ACTIVITIES FARMLAND FARMS FOOD INSECURITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INNOVATIONS IRRIGATION LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SHORTAGE LABOR SUPPLY LABOR USE LABORERS LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LAND CONSOLIDATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENT LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND SIZE LAND USE MAJORITY OF FARMERS MARGINAL VALUE PLOUGHING POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL WAGE REAL WAGES REGIONAL VARIATIONS RELATIVE PRICES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL SECTORS SCHOOLING SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SMALL-SCALE FARMING STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL CHANGE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE GROWTH WAGE INCREASES WAGE RATES WORKING DAYS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23032925/wage-growth-landholding-mechanization-chinese-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21134

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