Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China

doi:10.1108/CAER-05-2017-0098

	Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China
	Wang, Weidong 1,2; Dong, Yongqing 1,2,3,4; Luo, Renfu 5; Bai, Yunli 1; Zhang, Linxiu 1,6
刊名	CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
	2019
卷号	11 期号:1 页码:2-19
关键词	Returns to education Off-farm wage employment Rural labour market
ISSN号	1756-137X
DOI	10.1108/CAER-05-2017-0098
通讯作者	Zhang, Linxiu(lxzhang.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of education in the labor market and to understand how returns to education change over time in rural China. Design/methodology/approach Using nationally representative survey data from 2004 to 2015, this study provides insights on wage determination in the labor market and examines how the returns to education in rural China differ with time and educational endowment. This study applies ordinary least squares estimation and the Heckman selection model to estimate the returns to education. Findings The returns to education decreased during the observed years from more than 6 percent in 2004 to only about 3 percent in 2011, rising to nearly 4 percent in 2015. The overall trend is robust and observed within groups defined by education. Additionally, the returns to education vary greatly with educational endowment. Tertiary education has always maintained a high rate of returns at nearly 10 percent, while returns to senior high school education and below have gradually diminished. Originality/value The authors believe that the results will not only enrich studies on the returns to education in rural China, but also provide a basis for diagnosing the changes of rural labor market in the early twenty-first century.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[71333012]
WOS关键词	LABOR ; TRANSITION ; INEQUALITY ; PATTERNS ; WORK ; END
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Business & Economics
语种	英语
出版者	EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000459662300001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/49471]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Linxiu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Ctr Chinese Agr Policy, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Tianjin Univ, Coll Management & Econ, Tianjin, Peoples R China 4.Tianjin Univ, Ctr Social Sci Survey & Data, Tianjin, Peoples R China 5.Peking Univ, Sch Adv Agr Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Int Ecosyst Management Partnership, United Nations Environm Programme, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Weidong,Dong, Yongqing,Luo, Renfu,et al. Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China[J]. CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW,2019,11(1):2-19.
APA	Wang, Weidong,Dong, Yongqing,Luo, Renfu,Bai, Yunli,&Zhang, Linxiu.(2019).Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China.CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW,11(1),2-19.
MLA	Wang, Weidong,et al."Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China".CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW 11.1(2019):2-19.