The Impact of Positive Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households

dc.creatorLeight, Jessica
dc.date2021-08-06T21:09:29Z
dc.date2021-08-06T21:09:29Z
dc.date2020-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:32:48Z
dc.descriptionIn the post-collectivization period, rural Chinese households were required to sell part of their grain output to the state at a below-market price; however, increases in this quota price beginning in 1993 generated substantial positive income shocks. These income shocks also varied cross-sectionally in accordance with crop composition given that quotas were systematically larger for rice-producing households, generating a quasi-random source of variation in the size of the shock driven by climatic variation in suitability for rice cultivation. Households induced to experience relatively larger income shocks show evidence of decreased agricultural investment, increased investment in non-agricultural businesses, and increased migration as households gain increased income, consistent with the hypothesis that credit constraints may have constrained some households from entering non-agricultural production ex ante. In addition, there is evidence that these households were concentrated among households who had not previously diversified out of agriculture.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier1564-698X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36078
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/36078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/405802
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCK
dc.subjectPOVERTY TRAP
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISE
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.titleThe Impact of Positive Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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