How Do Non-Agricultural Employment and Regional Selection Affect Farmers’ Domestic Sewage Discharge Behavior? Empirical Evidence from Rural China

Haiqin Ju, Jia Chen, Jingwen Xu and Hongxiao Zhang ()
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Haiqin Ju: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Economics, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Jia Chen: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Economics, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Jingwen Xu: Department of International Trade, School of Finance and Economics, Wuxi Institute of Technology, Wuxi 214121, China
Hongxiao Zhang: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Economics, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: In many countries, along with rising rural labor transfer, the problem of rural domestic sewage discharge is becoming increasingly serious due to labor shortages in the villages. It is urgent to solve the environment pollution and health problems of residents which is caused by the massive discharge of domestic sewage in rural areas. Based on the survey data collected from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2020, this paper employs the ordered probit model and the CMP method, to empirically test the impact of non-agricultural employment and regional choice on farmers’ domestic sewage discharge behavior and the moderating effect of environmental cognition and the social network. The results show that: (1) There is a significantly positive correlation between non-agricultural employment and farmers’ sewage treatment behavior. (2) Environmental cognition significantly improves the participation of urban non-agricultural employment farmers in sewage treatment, and the social network has a significant role in promoting the adoption of sewage treatment behavior of local non-agricultural employment farmers. (3) Further heterogeneity analysis results show that the inhibitory effect of urban non-agricultural employment on random sewage discharge is more pronounced than that of local non-agricultural employment. Therefore, in order to effectively solve the problem of rural domestic sewage discharge, it is necessary to actively guide the sewage discharge behavior of non-agricultural employment households, strengthen the social network interaction within the village, and increase the publicity for sewage discharge knowledge.

Keywords: non-agricultural employment; regional selection; domestic sewage discharge behavior; environmental cognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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