Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China
The transformation of work during China s rapid economic development is associated with a substantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditional farm labor among women, with some doing much less and some much more. This paper studies how the w...
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okr-10986-42952021-04-23T14:02:17Z Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China Mu, Ren van de Walle, Dominique AGE GROUPS AGED AGED WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AUTONOMY BRAIN DRAIN CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD REARING CITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FAMILIES FATIGUE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE MIGRANTS FEMALE WORK FEMALES FERTILITY GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER GAP GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER NORMS GENDER SEGREGATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LAND TENURE LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING ARRANGEMENTS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANT CHILDREN MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT WOMAN MIGRANT WOMEN MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION EXPERIENCE MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITY MOTHER MOTHERS NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITION OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STRUCTURE POWER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUSH FACTOR REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL WOMAN RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NETS SIBLINGS SINGLE WOMEN SMALL ENTERPRISES SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WALKING WOMAN WORKERS YOUNG WOMEN The transformation of work during China s rapid economic development is associated with a substantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditional farm labor among women, with some doing much less and some much more. This paper studies how the work, time allocation, and health of non-migrant women are affected by the out-migration of others in their household. The analysis finds that the women left behind are doing more farm work than would have otherwise been the case. There is also evidence that this is a persistent effect, and not just temporary re-allocation. For some types of women (notably older women), the labor re-allocation response comes out of their leisure. 2012-03-19T19:13:28Z 2012-03-19T19:13:28Z 2009-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091031150410 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4295 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5107 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific East Asia Asia China |
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AGE GROUPS AGED AGED WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AUTONOMY BRAIN DRAIN CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD REARING CITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FAMILIES FATIGUE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE MIGRANTS FEMALE WORK FEMALES FERTILITY GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER GAP GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER NORMS GENDER SEGREGATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LAND TENURE LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING ARRANGEMENTS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANT CHILDREN MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT WOMAN MIGRANT WOMEN MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION EXPERIENCE MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITY MOTHER MOTHERS NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITION OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STRUCTURE POWER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUSH FACTOR REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL WOMAN RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NETS SIBLINGS SINGLE WOMEN SMALL ENTERPRISES SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WALKING WOMAN WORKERS YOUNG WOMEN |
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AGE GROUPS AGED AGED WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AUTONOMY BRAIN DRAIN CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD REARING CITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FAMILIES FATIGUE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE MIGRANTS FEMALE WORK FEMALES FERTILITY GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER GAP GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER NORMS GENDER SEGREGATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS INEQUALITY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LAND TENURE LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING ARRANGEMENTS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANT CHILDREN MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT WOMAN MIGRANT WOMEN MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION EXPERIENCE MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITY MOTHER MOTHERS NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITION OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STRUCTURE POWER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUSH FACTOR REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL WOMAN RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NETS SIBLINGS SINGLE WOMEN SMALL ENTERPRISES SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WALKING WOMAN WORKERS YOUNG WOMEN Mu, Ren van de Walle, Dominique Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
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East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific East Asia Asia China |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5107 |
| description |
The transformation of work during
China s rapid economic development is associated with a
substantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditional
farm labor among women, with some doing much less and some
much more. This paper studies how the work, time allocation,
and health of non-migrant women are affected by the
out-migration of others in their household. The analysis
finds that the women left behind are doing more farm work
than would have otherwise been the case. There is also
evidence that this is a persistent effect, and not just
temporary re-allocation. For some types of women (notably
older women), the labor re-allocation response comes out of
their leisure. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Mu, Ren van de Walle, Dominique |
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Mu, Ren van de Walle, Dominique |
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Mu, Ren |
| title |
Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
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Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
| title_full |
Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
| title_fullStr |
Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
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Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China |
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left behind to farm? women’s labor re-allocation in rural china |
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2012 |
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