| China in Transition: Poverty, Income Decomposition and Labor Allocation of Agricultural Households in Hebei Province Contributor(s): Ahlheim, Michael (Editor), Böber, Christian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631633289 ISBN-13: 9783631633281 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $85.03 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Decision Making & Problem Solving - Business & Economics | Personal Finance - Money Management - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.09 |
| Series: Hohenheimer Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften |
| Physical Information: 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In China, inequality in social welfare is of rising political concern. This case study analyzes the determinants of well-being of rural households in Hebei using a secondary panel data set (1986 to 2006). One key question is how well-being was affected by institutional changes in times of societal transition. Based on population grouping, the author analyzes poverty and income development. The study reveals impacts of new possibilities to provide labor outside the own farm on the allocation of households' labor time and the stability of full- and part-time farming over time. The assessments ground on agricultural household models, microeconomic concepts of labor allocation, and welfare theories. Different methodologies, e.g. inequality decomposition or hazard analysis, are applied. |