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Table 16 The effect of RLCL on employment outcomes of men

From: Land tenure policy and off-farm employment in rural China

Dependent variable

Employment

Farm

Off-farm

Wage employment

Self-employment

Land security × year08

0.028* (0.015)

− 0.062** (0.026)

0.09*** (0.027)

0.054** (0.027)

0.025 (0.019)

Land security × year95

0.011 (0.011)

0.003(0.016)

0.007 (0.015)

− 0.006 (0.015)

0.015* (0.008)

Land security

− 0.011 (0.007)

− 0.006 (0.012)

− 0.006 (0.012)

0.005 (0.012)

− 0.005 (0.006)

Year08

0.233** (0.111)

− 0.243 (0.175)

0.476*** (0.156)

0.504*** (0.154)

− 0.042 (0.075)

Year95

− 0.033*** (0.010)

0.222*** (0.015)

− 0.254*** (0.014)

− 0.190*** (0.014)

− 0.033*** (0.007)

Age

0.049*** (0.001)

0.014*** (0.001)

0.035*** (0.001)

0.030*** (0.001)

0.008*** (0.001)

Age squared

− 0.001*** (0.000)

0.000** (0.000)

− 0.001*** (0.000)

0.000*** (0.000)

0.000*** (0.000)

Education level

− 0.007*** (0.001)

−.0130*** (0.001)

0.006*** (0.001)

0.005*** (0.001)

0.000 (0.001)

Married

0.021*** (0.006)

− 0.013 (0.008)

0.034*** (0.008)

0.006 (0.008)

0.026*** (0.004)

Log land

0.006* (0.003)

0.054*** (0.004)

− 0.049*** (0.004)

− 0.028*** (0.005)

− 0.025*** (0.003)

Log asset

− 0.004*** (0.002)

0.004* (0.002)

− 0.008*** (0.002)

− 0.029*** (0.002)

0.027*** (0.002)

Girls aged 6 or younger

0.021*** (0.005)

0.009 (0.008)

0.012* (0.007)

0.014* (0.007)

− 0.002 (0.004)

Boys aged 6 or younger

0.011** (0.005)

− 0.006 (0.007)

0.017** (0.007)

0.017** (0.007)

− 0.004 (0.004)

Boys aged 7–14

− 0.012*** (0.004)

− 0.022*** (0.006)

0.010** (0.005)

0.008 (0.005)

0.007** (0.003)

Girls aged 7–14

− 0.016*** (0.004)

− 0.015*** (0.006)

− 0.001 (0.005)

− 0.004 (0.005)

0.004 (0.003)

Women aged 15–25

− 0.005* (0.003)

− 0.002 (0.004)

− 0.003 (0.004)

− 0.004 (0.004)

− 0.001 (0.002)

Men aged 15–25

0.008*** (0.003)

− 0.003 (0.004)

0.011*** (0.004)

0.006 (0.004)

0.002 (0.002)

Women aged 26–39

− 0.024*** (0.005)

− 0.028*** (0.007)

0.004 (0.007)

0.002 (0.007)

0.013*** (0.004)

Men aged 26–39

− 0.019*** (0.004)

− 0.013** (0.006)

− 0.006 (0.006)

− 0.003 (0.006)

− 0.008** (0.003)

Women aged 40–50

− 0.005 (0.006)

− 0.025*** (0.009)

0.02** (0.008)

0.019** (0.008)

0.006 (0.005)

Men aged 40–50

− 0.063*** (0.006)

− 0.063*** (0.009)

0.000 (0.008)

0.012 (0.008)

− 0.014*** (0.005)

Women aged 51–69

0.022*** (0.006)

− 0.027*** (0.009)

0.049*** (0.008)

0.049*** (0.008)

0.010** (0.005)

Men aged 51–69

− 0.013** (0.006)

− 0.068*** (0.009)

0.055*** (0.008)

0.065*** (0.008)

− 0.009** (0.005)

Women aged 70 over

0.008 (0.006)

− 0.009 (0.009)

0.017* (0.009)

0.014 (0.009)

0.000 (0.005)

Men aged 70 over

− 0.013* (0.008)

− 0.014 (0.012)

0.002 (0.011)

− 0.004 (0.011)

0.008 (0.007)

Ln per capita income

− 0.016*** (0.006)

− 0.025*** (0.008)

0.009 (0.008)

0.002 (0.008)

0.011** (0.005)

Log consumption_level

− 0.322 (0.202)

0.441 (0.317)

− 0.763*** (0.281)

− 0.691** (0.278)

0.027 (0.129)

R 2

0.20

0.27

0.28

0.23

0.13

No. of obs.

31,580

  1. Notes: (.) indicates standard error; significant at the 1% (***), 5% (**), and 10% (*) levels. Each regression result be showed with 2002 and 2008 data by using both types of definitions of treatment. Source: The following data sources, if not specifically stated, are from CHIP