The Impact of Long-Term Security on the Return of Rural Labor Force: Evidence from Rural China

Yi Liu, Hanyue Wang, Jie Yang () and Dingde Xu ()
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Yi Liu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Hanyue Wang: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jie Yang: Committee of the Communist Youth League, Chengdu Agricultural College, Chengdu 611130, China
Dingde Xu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: Since the rural revival, the return of the rural labor force has become a trend. Different ways of returning to the rural labor force contain different policy implications. Based on the data of 8209 households in the China Labor Force Dynamic Survey, the probit model was used to explore the impact of long-term security in urban and rural areas on different return ways of the rural labor force. The results show that: (1) 18% of farmers choose to return, of which 3% and 10% choose active return and passive return, respectively, and 10% and 6% choose long-term return and short-term return, respectively. (2) The improvement in urban long-term security will inhibit the return of farmers (including active return and passive return), and the improvement in rural long-term security will promote farmers’ return behavior (including active return, passive return, long-term return, and short-term return). (3) The improvement of rural long-term security will promote the return of the first and second generations of rural households (including active return, passive return, long-term return, and short-term return), and the improvement of urban long-term security will restrain the return of the first generation of rural households (including active returns).

Keywords: rural labor return; long-term security; return mode; intergenerational comparison; spatial distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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