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Table 6 The effect of RLCL on employment outcomes by age. Women

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

Group

Age 16–25

Age 26 and older

Dependent variable

Off-farm

Wage employment

Self-employment

Off-farm

Wage employment

Self-employment

Land security × year08

0.014 (0.069)

0.006 (0.069)

0.008 (0.010)

0.072*** (0.025)

0.051** (0.024)

0.024* (0.013)

Land security × year95

0.029 (0.028)

0.029 (0.027)

0.004 (0.009)

− 0.015 (0.011)

− 0.010 (0.010)

− 0.006 (0.006)

Land security

0.014 (0.021)

− 0.015 (0.021)

− 0.001 (0.007)

0.010 (0.009)

0.006 (0.008)

0.001 (0.005)

Year08

0.212 (0.298)

0.207 (0.295)

0.041 (0.070)

− 0.021 (0.119)

− 0.002 (0.104)

− 0.016 (0.069)

Year95

−0.040 (0.026)

− 0.022 (0.026)

0.001 (0.008)

− 0.064*** (0.009)

− 0.039*** (0.008)

− 0.009* (0.005)

R 2

0.31

0.30

0.06

0.28

0.26

0.07

No. of obs.

7763

21,050

Dependent variable mean

0.30

0.29

0.03

0.14

0.12

0.04

  1. Notes: (.) indicates standard error; significant at the 1% (***), 5% (**), and 10% (*) levels. Each regression also includes the intercept, individual age and education level, land used by the household in log form, family financial assets in log form, village per capita income in log form, village consumption level in log form, and county fixed effects. Source: The following data sources, if not specifically stated, are from CHIP