This paper presents a summary of the characteristics of China's rural labor force based on data from the 1996 and 2006 agriculture censuses.In this paper,we re-estimate,compare and analyze China's rural labor ...This paper presents a summary of the characteristics of China's rural labor force based on data from the 1996 and 2006 agriculture censuses.In this paper,we re-estimate,compare and analyze China's rural labor surplus at national and provincial levels using the labor-hour conversion method and the standard structural approach.Taking economic cycle fluctuations into account,we also investigate the root causes for the co-existence of a migrant worker shortage and an agricultural labor surplus.Our study indicates that we can make realistic judgments about rural labor supply and demand only by removing short-term disturbing factors associated with economic boom and bust cycles.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a summary of the characteristics of China's rural labor force based on data from the 1996 and 2006 agriculture censuses.In this paper,we re-estimate,compare and analyze China's rural labor surplus at national and provincial levels using the labor-hour conversion method and the standard structural approach.Taking economic cycle fluctuations into account,we also investigate the root causes for the co-existence of a migrant worker shortage and an agricultural labor surplus.Our study indicates that we can make realistic judgments about rural labor supply and demand only by removing short-term disturbing factors associated with economic boom and bust cycles.
