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Impact of different models of rural land consolidation on rural household poverty vulnerability

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  • Zhang, Yue
  • Wang, Wenxiong
  • Feng, Yanfei

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Poverty elimination poses a great challenge to all countries around the world, and the Chinese government is consistently concerned with poverty issues. Rural land consolidation (RLC) is the important measure to alleviate poverty in rural China by improving the efficiency of land use. From the perspective of future poverty, the study analyzes the mechanism by which different RLC models, the government-dominant model and the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model, decrease poverty vulnerability by enhancing capabilities and endowing rights under the framework of the theory of capacity poverty proposed by Amartya Sen. Based on survey data of 562 rural households from Hubei and Guizhou Provinces, this study explores the role of and differences between two RLC models in decreasing the poverty vulnerability of registered and non-registered households through the PSM-DID estimator. The main findings are as follows: (1) The proportions of poor households and poverty vulnerability households in both registered and non-registered households have declined after the implementation of RLC, revealing that poverty vulnerability occurs along with poverty; (2) Both RLC models can significantly reduce the poverty vulnerability of both types of rural households. Furthermore, the effect of reducing the poverty vulnerability of non-registered households is greater than that of registered households; (3) The PPP RLC model reduces the poverty vulnerability much more effectively than the government-led model. Based on the above findings, the paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations for improving stability of RLC for poverty alleviation, thereby decreasing the probability of future poverty. Additionally, this study provides references for the developing areas and countries to make long-acting RLC policies for poverty alleviation.

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  • Zhang, Yue & Wang, Wenxiong & Feng, Yanfei, 2022. "Impact of different models of rural land consolidation on rural household poverty vulnerability," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:114:y:2022:i:c:s0264837721006864
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105963
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