Childcare,Elderly Caring and Off-farm Employment of Rural Couples in China

• 作者: Ye LI
• 来源期刊: 亚洲农业研究:英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: Off-farm EMPLOYMENT RURAL couples Childcare ELDERLY CARING Family COLLECTIVE decision-making
• 年，卷（期）: yznyyjywb_2019,（5）
• 页码范围: 19-28
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: F323.89

摘要

Based on the representative sample survey data of more than 1 000 farmers in 101 villages of 25 counties of 5 provinces in China,within the framework of family collective decision-making,this paper studied the effects and heterogeneity of childcare and elderly caring on the off-farm employment mode of rural couples. It found that caring the children younger than 3 years old significantly reduces the possibility of offfarm employment of rural couples;conversely,if there is 60-80 years old member in the family,it will significantly increase the possibility of off-farm employment of rural couples or the wives. Caring the children above 12 years old or the elderly older than 80 years old reduces the possibility of off-farm employment of the husbands. Whether there is preschool education service facility in the village has no effect on the off-farm employment of the couples.