Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of education in the labor market and to understand how returns to education change over time in rural China. Design/methodology/approach: Using nationally representative survey data from 2004 to 2015, this study provides insights on wage...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the trend of off-farm employment in rural China over the past four decades since the reform and opening-up. Design/methodology/approach: Using two sets of panel survey data, the China National Rural Survey conducted in 2000 and 2008, and the...