Citizenship Ability, Homestead Utility, and Rural Homestead Transfer of “Amphibious” Farmers

Zhongyou Yuan, Chenchen Fu, Shujie Kong, Jifeng Du and Wei Li
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Zhongyou Yuan: School of Public Administration, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Chenchen Fu: School of Public Administration, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Shujie Kong: School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Jifeng Du: School of Public Administration, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Wei Li: School of Public Administration, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: Rural homestead transfer is of considerable significance for the revitalization of rural land assets and sustainable use of land resources. “Amphibious” farmers are the most likely to transfer their homestead. As such, it is important to study their transfer behavior and influencing factors to promote homestead transfer. The study involved distributing questionnaires to 768 “amphibious” farmers in Guangdong Province, China, and 747 samples were valid. The impact of the farmers’ citizenship ability and homestead utility preference on their homestead transfer behavior was analyzed using a binary logistic model. The study found that: (1) the citizenship ability of “amphibious” farmers had a significant positive impact on their willingness; the stronger the citizenship ability was, the stronger the willingness to transfer homesteads was. (2) Property and the guarantee utility of the homestead have an opposite impact on the willingness of “amphibious” farmers to transfer their homestead; if the property utility of the homestead is strong, its transfer intention is strong, but if the guarantee effect is strong, its transfer intention is weak. If the amphibious farmers are older, more educated, and have longer working years in cities, their willingness to transfer homestead will be lower. (3) The “amphibious” farmers working in cities and towns were found to have a stronger willingness to transfer homestead than those working in rural areas. Hence, the government should formulate differentiated policies for homestead transfer according to the ability endowment of farmers, improve various urban services and security infrastructure based on the urban housing of “amphibious” farmers, weaken the security utility of their rural homestead to flexibly realize their homestead property value, help them become citizens, and promote homestead transfer.

Keywords: “amphibious” farmers; willingness of homestead transfer; citizenship ability; homestead utility; binary logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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