The rise of self-employment in rural China: Development or distress?

被引：71

作者：

Mohapatra, Sandeep ^{[1
]}

Rozelle, Scott ^{[1
]}

Goodhue, Rachael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2007年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Asia; China; self-employment; entrepreneurship; development; Markov;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.007

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper evaluates the role of self-employment in China's rural economy, while paying attention to whether the rise of self-employment promotes entrepreneurship and is a sign of development, or whether it is a stopover for disadvantaged workers and a sign of distress. Using data on 20-year labor market histories of a nationally representative sample of individuals, we provide descriptive evidence that self-employment in rural China, unlike in some other places, is a sign of development. Econometric evidence from a random-effects probit model and a continuous-time Markov model shows also that self-employment in rural China shares many features of a productive small-business sector. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：163 / 181

页数：19

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