The Impact of Empowerment Practice on the Rural Collective Economy: Empirical Evidence from Rural Communities in China

Xiaowenxu Yue, Yanyan Li and Li Zhou ()
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Xiaowenxu Yue: School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Yanyan Li: School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100062, China
Li Zhou: School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: As a vivid practice of urban-rural interaction, empowerment is playing an increasingly salient role in rural revitalization around the world. Yet, existing studies on empowerment practices are still insufficient. This paper examines how empowerment practices affect the economic development of rural communities in China. This study constructs an integrated variable to measure the practice of rural empowerment in China. Data for this study were obtained from the community data of the China Rural Household Panel Survey (CRHPS) in 2017 to empirically verify the impact of empowerment practices on the rural collective economy. The results indicate that empowerment practice has a significant role in promoting the economic development of rural communities. Regarding the heterogeneity of the number of leaders, the fewer rural community leaders there are, the less empowered a village will be. For the heterogeneity of the income of the rural collective economy, the higher the income is, the more significant the promoting effect of empowerment on rural communities will be.

Keywords: empowerment; rural collective economy; principal component analysis; variable substitution; empirical research; urban-rural interaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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