Family care, rural labour migration and land lease: A case study of Jiangxi Province, China

Hui Xiao, Xian Liang, Huiting Xiao and Fangting Xie

Applied Economics, 2023, vol. 55, issue 48, 5674-5686

Abstract: The farmland lease is an important way to improve the scale of farmland management and agricultural modernization. Based on survey data for 578 rural households in Jiangxi Province, a Tobit model, and intermediary effect analysis method were used to determine how family care affects farmland lease by influencing off-farm employment. The main conclusions were as follows: (1) When more members of a family needed care, more rural households tended to rent in farmland. Care for the elderly and care for children aged 0–4 years had no significant impact on farmland lease, but care for children aged 5–15 years had a significant and positive influence on farmland rent-in. (2) The number of members in need of care within the family did not significantly affect farmland rent-out, but the care of children aged 0–4 years significantly reduced the possibility of farmers renting out their farmland. (3) Family care reduced the possibility of farmers renting out land but promoted land rent-in by inhibiting labour migration. (4) The intermediary effect of out-county off-farm employment in the influence of family care on farmland lease was significant, but the intermediary effect of local off-farm employment was not significant.

Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00036846.2022.2140117 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:applec:v:55:y:2023:i:48:p:5674-5686

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/RAEC20

DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2140117

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Economics is currently edited by Anita Phillips

More articles in Applied Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().