Who Lost Most Wages and Household Income during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Poor Rural China?

Long, Wenjin; Zeng, Junxia; Sun, Tongquan

doi:10.1111/cwe.12396

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“…However, it is surprisingly observed that China's government had completely eradicated poverty in 2020, which is contrary to our simulation results. The inconsistency could be explained by the fact that the poverty alleviation policies implemented by China's governments are not considered after the pandemic outbreak [59].…”

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The Unequal Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market and Income Inequality in China: A Multisectoral CGE Model Analysis Coupled with a Micro-Simulation Approach

Zhang

Cui

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The COVID-19 pandemic had an unequal impact on the employment and earnings of different labourers, consequently affecting households’ per capita income and income inequality. Combining a multisector computable general equilibrium model of China with a micro-simulation approach, this study aims to analyse the unequal effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on China’s labour market and income inequality. The results confirm the unequal impact of the pandemic on the employment and earnings of different labourer types. Labourers who are female, live in urban areas, and have relatively low education levels would suffer greater losses in employment and earnings. The pandemic would reduce household per capita income by 8.75% for rural residents and 6.13% for urban residents. While the pandemic would have a larger negative impact on the employment and earnings of urban labourers, it would have a greater negative impact on the household per capita income of rural residents. Moreover, the per capita income of low-income households is more vulnerable to the pandemic, and the number of residents living below the poverty line would increase significantly. Thus, the pandemic would aggravate income inequality in China and threaten the livelihoods of poor families. This study could inform researchers exploring the distributional effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries.

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The Unequal Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market and Income Inequality in China: A Multisectoral CGE Model Analysis Coupled with a Micro-Simulation Approach

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“…The COVID‐19 pandemic mainly occurring from 2020 to 2022 has had significant impacts on rural migrant workers in China. The pandemic has led to a decline in wages and household income for rural migrant workers (Long et al, 2021). Among the rural migrant workers, women were less likely than men migrants to return to the cities and also less likely to return to paid work after the pandemic outbreak (Song et al, 2021).…”

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Moving together or left behind? An examination of rural migrant working mothers' childcare strategies in the cities

Guo,

Lin,

Zhu

2024

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BackgroundIn China, an increasing number of rural mothers participate in urban labour markets, but little is known about their decisions regarding childcare while living in these cities. Why do some rural mothers migrate to the cities with their children, whereas others leave their children behind in the countryside?MethodsThis study analysed 1852 samples from the 2016 China Migrant Dynamic Survey of rural migrant mothers collected in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). These mothers were registered with agricultural hukou outside of the PRD and had at least one child under 18 years of age.ResultsThe results indicated that 57.8% of these mothers migrated together with their children. Rural migrant mothers who were self‐employed, had a higher level of household income on a log10 scale and had a longer duration of migration were more willing to adopt closely performing motherhood than rural migrant mothers who were not self‐employed. Additionally, rural working mothers who were intra‐provincial migrants and had a smaller number of children were more likely to bring their children to the cities than rural working mothers who were inter‐provincial migrants.ConclusionsThis study works to strengthen the understanding of rural migrant working mothers' childcare strategies, provide insights for future policy studies and contribute to evidence‐based recommendations for policymakers regarding internal rural‐to‐urban migration, migrant women and the wellbeing of the families of migrants.

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“…On the one hand, these measures disrupted agricultural production and food chain supplies and increased the cost of food storage and transportation [67,68]. On the other hand, disruptions in the supply of agricultural products, restrictions on human movement, and suspension of transportation and passenger transport caused the agricultural and non-farm incomes of rural residents to be reduced [69]. Additionally, rural residents' expected income decreased when faced with epidemic-induced uncertainty, and they were more likely to upsurge precautionary saving motives as a result [70].…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 on Nutritional Intake in Rural China: Panel Data Evidence

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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced risks and challenges to global food and nutrition security. In this paper, we examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nutritional intake of China’s rural residents using panel data and a fixed effects model. The data were collected in 2019 and 2020 and covered nine provinces and 2631 households in rural China. The results reveal that an increase of 100 confirmed cases in a county resulted in a 1.30% (p < 0.01), 1.42% (p < 0.01), 1.65% (p < 0.01), and 1.15% (p < 0.01) decrease in per capita intake of dietary energy, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, respectively. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant and negative effect on dietary macronutrient intake in the low-income group at the 5% level of significance. Our study indicates that the potential insufficient nutrition situation, nutritional imbalance, and dietary imbalance of low-income rural residents should be addressed appropriately.

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Who Lost Most Wages and Household Income during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Poor Rural China?

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

The Unequal Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market and Income Inequality in China: A Multisectoral CGE Model Analysis Coupled with a Micro-Simulation Approach

The Unequal Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market and Income Inequality in China: A Multisectoral CGE Model Analysis Coupled with a Micro-Simulation Approach

Moving together or left behind? An examination of rural migrant working mothers' childcare strategies in the cities

Impacts of COVID-19 on Nutritional Intake in Rural China: Panel Data Evidence

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