Huang, JikunZhi, HuayongHuang, ZhurongRozelle, ScottGiles, John2012-03-192012-03-192010-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3925This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China's rural labor force. Using a national representative data set collected from across China, the paper finds that there was a substantial impact. By April 2009 the reduction in off-farm employment as a result of the crises was 6.8 percent of the rural labor force. Monthly earnings also declined. However, while it is estimated that 49 million were laid-off between October 2008 and April 2009, half of them were re-hired in off-farm work by April 2009. By August 2009, less than 2 percent of the rural labor force was unemployed due to the crisis. The robust recovery appears to have helped avoid instability.CC BY 3.0 IGOADJUSTMENT PROCESSAFFECTED WORKERSAGE GROUPAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIESAVERAGE WAGEBONUSESCRISESCULTIVATED LANDEARNINGECONOMIC SHOCKSECONOMIC SLOWDOWNEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT EFFECTEMPLOYMENT EFFECTSEMPLOYMENT HISTORIESEMPLOYMENT HISTORYEMPLOYMENT RATEEMPLOYMENT RATESEMPLOYMENT SHAREEMPLOYMENT SITUATIONEMPLOYMENT STATUSEMPLOYMENT TRENDSFARMFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM WORKFARMINGFEMINIZATION OF AGRICULTUREGENDER DISPARITIESGLOBAL LABOR MARKETGLOBAL MARKETSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONSINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL MARKETSJOB LOSSJOB PLACEMENTJOB SEARCHJOBSLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITYLABOR MARKETSLABOR SUPPLYLABORERSLABOURLABOUR FORCELAID-OFF WORKERSLAYOFFLAYOFFSLITERATURELONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTMIGRANT LABOROLDER WORKERSPAPERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPRODUCEPUBLIC SERVICESRESEARCHERSRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL LABORRURAL LABOR MARKETSRURAL WORKERSSELF EMPLOYEDSERVICE SECTORSOCIAL SCIENCESUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNSKILLED WORKERUNSKILLED WORKERSWAGESWORK FORCEWORK IN PROGRESSWORKERSWORKINGYOUNGER WORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5439