【主 题】Impact of Urban Growth on Rural Development through Off-farm Employment in China
【报告人】盛誉（北京大学新农村发展研究院副院长、博士生导师）
【时 间】2021年5月17日（星期一）13:30-15:30
【地 点】上海财经大学红瓦楼236会议室
【主持人】许庆教授
【报告摘要】
Rural development is widely believed to interact with the structural transformation of an economy, but little is known about how this happens in developing countries. This paper explores the impact of structural transformation on rural development through the lens of analyzing the role of urban growth in creating off-farm employment for rural labor in China. By combining five waves of farm surveys for 1,234 households for the period of 2000-2018 with a newly constructed urban gravity index for 370 cities, we show that rapid urban growth in China has significantly contributed to rural development by increasing off-farm employment for rural labor by 15-18 million annually since 2000. Moreover, the positive impact started with the emergence of a few large metropolitan cities but ended with the growth of local, relatively small cities, suggesting the interaction between structural transformation and rural development is at a nationwide level.
【报告人简介】
盛誉，北京大学中国农业政策研究中心副主任、新农村发展研究院副院长，博士生导师。亚洲农业经济学家学会（ASAE）副会长、澳大利亚农业和资源经济学会（AARES）亚洲分会主席、经合组织全球农业生产力测度和比较国际专家网络成员，并担任《澳大利亚农业和资源经济期刊》（AJARE）副主编。2006年或澳大利亚国立大学经济学博士学位，主要从事跨国农业生产力测度与比较、农业科技政策与生产力、农产品贸易与决定机制分析，以及农村制度革新与经济发展等领域的研究。迄今在国内外期刊发表论文90多篇，包括American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, World Development, Journal of International Money and Finance, Canadian Journal of Economics等。
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