Left Behind to Farm? Women’s Labor Re-Allocation in Rural China

Mu, Ren ; van de Walle, Dominique

关键词: AGE GROUPS;    AGED;    AGED WOMEN;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    ALCOHOL;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5107
RP-ID  :  WPS5107

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The transformation of work duringChina s rapid economic development is associated with asubstantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditionalfarm labor among women, with some doing much less and somemuch more. This paper studies how the work, time allocation,and health of non-migrant women are affected by theout-migration of others in their household. The analysisfinds that the women left behind are doing more farm workthan would have otherwise been the case. There is alsoevidence that this is a persistent effect, and not justtemporary re-allocation. For some types of women (notablyolder women), the labor re-allocation response comes out oftheir leisure.