The Green Revolution, development of labor markets, and poverty reduction in the rural Philippines, 1985–2004
利用菲律宾三个农村1985和2004年的家庭面板数据，研究绿色革命和劳动力市场发展如何影响家庭收入与贫困，发现绿色革命带来的收入增长和信贷改善使家庭投资子女教育，子女随后进入非农部门就业，使贫困减半；无地家庭也因非农劳动力扩张带来的工资上涨而受益。
Abstract Using a long‐term household panel data set collected in three rural villages in the Philippines in 1985 and 2004, this article explores how the Green Revolution and development of the labor markets have affected household income and poverty situation. The initial rise in income associated with the Green Revolution and a stronger credit access has enabled the households to allocate funds for investing in children's schooling. With the increased integration of the rural with the urban labor market, these children are able to explore labor opportunities in the nonfarm sector that resulted in a decline in poverty by about one‐half. The landless households, who are less educated, benefited, too, from the expansion of the nonfarm labor market, because of the rise in rural wages associated with the rise in demand for the unskilled labor, which is by far their most important asset.