Doctoral Dissertation Research: Market Transition in China: Rural Households and Nonagricultural Employment

中国的市场转型一直是一个有趣的话题，涉及社会主义遗产的消亡和市场的扩张，但对恢复家庭农业制度以来农村家庭变化的理解有限。鉴于农村的工业化、私营部门的兴起和移民的增加，这一层面变得更加重要。该项目旨在回答中国转型农村如何分配新的经济机会，即谁从事非农业就业，以及家庭和市场因素如何转化为就业模式？该项目整合了定量和定性分析。定量模型使用CGSS（横截面）和CHNS（纵向）数据集来估计什么样的男性和女性在什么样的家庭和市场条件下更有可能从事非农业工作。研究的定性部分将对工业化和城市化水平不同的沿海和内陆村庄进行深度访谈。定性分析将抓住就业模式背后的政治经济动态，为观察到的家庭和市场影响提供补充解释，并开辟有助于形成经济扩张中性别经验的新领域。本项目以小n案例研究与大n数据分析相结合的方式，试图弥合理性选择、性别理论与发展政治的研究传统，填补父权家庭与发展状态之间的知识空白。更广泛的影响研究结果有可能有助于更好地理解基层对前社会主义政权的市场导向改革的反应；援助各国政府和国际组织设计符合家庭规范和当地情况的发展战略，并更好地评价父权社会的市场改革政策；为研究中国的性别关系和家庭角色提供了新的信息，这些信息与长期关注妇女在社会中的地位有关。

SES-1003820John LoganJing SongBrown UniversityMarket transition in China has been an intriguing topic concerning the withering of the socialist legacy and the expansion of market, but limited efforts have been made understanding changes in the rural household since the reinstatement of the family farming system. This dimension becomes more important given the industrialization of the countryside, the rise of the private sector, and the increase of migration. This project seeks to answer how new economic opportunities are allocated in transitional rural China, i.e., who is employed in nonagricultural employment and how family and market factors are translated into employment patterns? The project integrates quantitative and qualitative analyses. The quantitative models use the CGSS (cross-sectional), CHNS (longitudinal) datasets to estimate what kind of men and women under what family and market conditions are more likely to have nonagricultural work over time. The qualitative part of the research will collect in-depth interviews in coastal and inland village with different levels of industrialization and urbanization. The qualitative analysis will capture political economic dynamics underlying employment patterns, offer supplementary explanations for observed family and market effects, and open up new territories that helped to shape gendered experiences in economic expansion. Based on the integration of small-N case studies and large-N data analysis, the project tries to bridge research traditions of rational choice, gender theories and developmental politics, and to fill the knowledge gap between patriarchal family and developmental state. Broader ImpactsResearch findings have the potential to contribute to a better understanding of grassroots reactions to market-oriented reforms in a previous socialist regime; aid governments and international organizations in the design of developmental strategies that speak to family norms and local contexts and to better evaluate market reform policies in patriarchal societies; suggest fresh ways to look at the relationship between agriculture and other economic sectors in the developing world provide new information on gender relations and family roles in China that are relevant for long term concerns with the position of women in society.