The Impact of Government-Led Farmland Construction on Market-Oriented Farmland Transfer—Evidence from Shandong, China

Hongkun Ma, Hao Zhu, Shuhan Ren, Rudi Liu and Cuixia Qiao ()
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Hongkun Ma: School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Hao Zhu: School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Shuhan Ren: School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Rudi Liu: School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Cuixia Qiao: School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

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

Abstract: This study explored the impact of government-led high-standard farmland construction (HSFC) on market-oriented farmland transfer using a unified analysis framework of HSFC and farmland transfers. We used a binary probit model based on 660 questionnaires from five counties in Shandong Province, China to empirically analyze this impact. The results show that HSFC can significantly promote farmland lease-in while inhibiting lease-out. We found that farmland fragmentation plays a significant role in moderating this impact, which is illustrated by the fact that improved farmland fragmentation does not promote HSFC in the context of farmland lease-in. Furthermore, it can effectively alleviate the inhibitory effect of HSFC on farmland lease-out. The impact of HSFC on farmland transfer has significant labor transfer heterogeneity. For households with a low degree of labor transfer, HSFC can significantly promote farmland lease-in and inhibit lease-out, while for households with a high degree of labor transfer, the above effect is not significant.

Keywords: high-standard farmland construction; farmland transfer; fragmentation; labor transfer; binary probit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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