Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(2):90-99 | DOI: 10.17221/114/2012-AGRICECON

The impact of health on off-farm income of China's migrant workersOriginal Paper

Lijian QIN1, Shuangquan YU2, Chenggang WANG3, Zhongyi JIANG4
1 Finance and Public Administrative School, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, China
2 College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of health on the off-farm income of China's migrant workers by the Heckman model. The dataset collected from the Research Center for Rural Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture of China between 2003 and 2007 was used in this paper. The results of both qualitative and quantitative analysis show that the health of flowing workers significantly influences their off-farm income. Flowing workers associated with a poor health condition earn less than those who are of good health, and the off-farm income gap due to the health condition widens year by year. In addition, poor health negatively impacts the off-farm participant decision for the China's rural residents. Therefore, more attention should be given to the health investment of migrant workers so as to improve their health and increase their off-farm income.

Keywords: health, off-farm income, rural residents

Published: February 28, 2013  Show citation

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QIN L, Shuangquan Y, WANG C, JIANG Z. The impact of health on off-farm income of China's migrant workers. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2013;59(2):90-99. doi: 10.17221/114/2012-AGRICECON.
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