Rural-Urban Migration and its Effect on Land Transfer in Rural China

Dingde Xu, Zhuolin Yong, Xin Deng, Linmei Zhuang and Chen Qing
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Dingde Xu: Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Zhuolin Yong: College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Xin Deng: College of Economics of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Linmei Zhuang: College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Chen Qing: College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Labor force rural-urban migration will lead to changes to the land use patterns of farmers. Using the survey data on dynamic migration of the Chinese labor force in 2014, iv-probit and iv-tobit models were used to analyze the impact of labor migration on the land transfer of farmers. The results show that: (1) Off-farm employment would significantly impact land transfer of farmers and the results are robust. With every 10% increase in the proportion of off-farm employment of farmers, the average probability of rent-in land of farmers decreases by 1.55%, and the average transfer in land area of farmers decreased by 1.04%. Similarly, with every 10% increase in the proportion of off-farm employment of farmers, the average probability of rent-out land of farmers increases by 4.77%, and the average transfer out land area of farmers increases by 3.98%. (2) Part-time employment also has a significant impact on land transfer of farmers, but the impact of part-time employment on land transfer in is not robust. Specifically, with every 10% increase in part-farm employment, the average probability of rent-out land of farmers increases by 7.64%, and the average transfer out land area of farmers increases by 6.85%.

Keywords: rural-urban migration; land transfer; moderate scale management; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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