title: On the relationships between rural labor productivity, family investment in education, and population quality.
abstract: The authors consider "the relationships between labor productivity and population quality in order to demonstrate the importance of economic development, and of improving population quality in rural areas. This study is made on the basis of surveys conducted in 1979 and 1986 on the age-specific VP and VC [volume of production and volume of consumption] in certain areas of Jiangsu Province [China]."  Population quality is defined primarily in terms of the educational status of the labor force.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004526:Efficiency; D004651:Employment; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; China; Consumption; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Human Resources; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Production; Productivity; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status