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http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/003465304323023660

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• TITLE: Rural Labor Force Transfer Training Effects Evaluation by Matching Methods: Evidence from Yunnan Province of China

  AUTHORS: Jiachun Xie, Xingxu Li

  KEYWORDS: Coastal Autonomous Minority Nationality Areas; Treatment Effect; Training Effects Evaluation; Matching Evaluation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Statistics, Vol.3 No.6, December 31, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Rural labor force transfer training is one of important poverty alleviation measures in China. This paper describes training participation situation and evaluates training effects by matching methods in the case of coastal autonomous minority nationality areas of Yunnan province by using 2053 rural household data. The result shows that the average training participation from 2006 to 2008 is 26.39 percent. In addition, ATE is 18.33 percent, TT is 18.99 percent, TUT is 18.09 percent. And,TUT . It demonstrates that the rural labor force transfer training program is effective and well-directed in coastal autonomous minority nationality areas of Yunnan province of China.