Granger Causality Test of Urban-rural Income Gap and Employment of Rural Labor Forces - A case study of Shouguang City

dc.creatorLu, Gui-xing
dc.date2017-04-01T18:37:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T06:29:17Z
dc.descriptionTaking Shouguang City in Shandong Province as an example, this article researches the mutual relationship between urban-rural income and employment of rural labor forces, and conducting cointegration test and Granger causality test on the variable sequences using statistical data. The results show that me average annual income of rural labor forces influences the income per capita of rural residents, and there is a Granger causality relationship between the income per capita of rural residents and urban employees' average wage. Engaging in production concerning agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery makes the total income per capita in rural areas of Shouguang City higher than the average wage of urban residents in Shouguang City, even in Weifang City. The comparative advantage in terms of income causes the city to loose attraction to rural residents in Shouguang City. The comparative advantage drives more rural labor forces in Shouguang City to engage in primary industry, thereby greatly reducing the pressure of employment and transfer of rural labor forces. Finally important following measures are put forward to promote employment and on-the-spot transfer of rural labor forces: vigorously propel agricultural industrialization; increase rural residents' income; improve the living conditions for rural residents.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.133100
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/133100/files/08.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/133100
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/577179
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/133100
dc.titleGranger Causality Test of Urban-rural Income Gap and Employment of Rural Labor Forces - A case study of Shouguang City
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