Mu, Renvan de Walle, Dominique2012-03-192012-03-192009-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4295The transformation of work during China s rapid economic development is associated with a substantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditional farm labor among women, with some doing much less and some much more. This paper studies how the work, time allocation, and health of non-migrant women are affected by the out-migration of others in their household. The analysis finds that the women left behind are doing more farm work than would have otherwise been the case. There is also evidence that this is a persistent effect, and not just temporary re-allocation. For some types of women (notably older women), the labor re-allocation response comes out of their leisure.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGE GROUPSAGEDAGED WOMENAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALCOHOLALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONAUTONOMYBRAIN DRAINCHILD CARECHILD HEALTHCHILD REARINGCITIESCULTURAL CHANGEDECISION MAKINGDEMOGRAPHYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCRIMINATIONECONOMIC CHANGESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESELDERLYELDERLY CAREELDERLY MENELDERLY WOMENEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESFAMILIESFATIGUEFEMALE CHILDRENFEMALE EMPLOYMENTFEMALE MIGRANTSFEMALE WORKFEMALESFERTILITYGENDERGENDER ACTIONGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DIMENSIONSGENDER DIVISION OF LABORGENDER GAPGENDER IMPLICATIONSGENDER NORMSGENDER SEGREGATIONHEALTH CAREHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROBLEMSHIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD CHORESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUSBANDSINEQUALITYINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWJOB OPPORTUNITIESLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOR SUPPLYLAND TENURELEISURE TIMELEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIVING ARRANGEMENTSLIVING STANDARDSMALESMARITAL STATUSMARRIED WOMENMIGRANTMIGRANT CHILDRENMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDSMIGRANT WOMANMIGRANT WOMENMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION EXPERIENCEMIGRATION FLOWSMIGRATION STATUSMINORITYMOTHERMOTHERSNUMBER OF GIRLSNUMBER OF WOMENNUTRITIONOLD AGEOLDER WOMENPARENTSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPOLICY REGIMEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR HEALTHPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION STRUCTUREPOWERPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESPUSH FACTORREMITTANCESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRETURN MIGRATIONRETURNEESRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POVERTYRURAL WOMANRURAL WOMENSAFETY NETSSIBLINGSSINGLE WOMENSMALL ENTERPRISESSPOUSESSTATE UNIVERSITYTEMPORARY MIGRATIONTOWNSURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONVILLAGESWALKINGWOMANWORKERSYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5107