健康对非农就业及其工资决定的影响

利用 1 993年中国营养调查数据 ,本文探讨了中国农村地区健康对非农就业及其工资决定的影响 ,并试图从微观层面揭示中国农村地区健康与收入之间的关系。本文的主要发现是 ,对于劳动参与及非农就业机会 ,健康状况都有显著的影响 ;然而在传统的种植业领域 ,健康并不是劳动参与的决定性因素 ;同时 ,在农村的非农就业者中 ,健康并不是劳动力市场表现的重要因素。尽管如此 ,由于非农就业机会对家庭收入的重要作用 ,我们仍不难发现健康在获取非农就业收入乃至增加家庭收入方面的作用

The Role of Health on Off-farm Employment and Wage Decision

Using the data of China Nutrition Survey 1993,this paper explores the role of health on off-farm employment and wage decision in Chinese rural areas and tends to give evidence of the linkage between health and income at a micro level.The main finding of the paper is that health status impacts labor participation and off-farm employment opportunities significantly,but it is not a significant determinant in traditional cultivation participation.In addition,we do not find its significant impacts on labor performance of those off-farm employees.Still we believe the importance of health on off-farm employment as well as household income,in consideration of the important role of the off-farm employment opportunities on household income.