Micro-credit programs and off-farm migration in China
This paper seeks to evaluate effects of micro-credit projects on the poor. We utilize data that we collected in Sichuan Province in 1999 to investigate whether micro-credit projects have targeted the poor and whether participation in the micro-credit project increases the likelihood of migration and switching to off-farm jobs. We find that, although the micro-credit programs did not help increase assets of the participants, it did help to move one or more of their members into an off-farm job. Our findings indicate that there is a great deal of benefit in supporting micro-credit programs. Copyright 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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2004
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Authors: | Li, Hongbin ; Rozelle, Scott ; Zhang, Linxiu |
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Pacific Economic Review. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 9.2004, 3, p. 209-223
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Wiley Blackwell |
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