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The Effect of Land Reallocation on Off-Farm Employments in Rural China

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  • Yi Che

    (Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China)

  • Zuojun Fan

    (China-ASEAN Research Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China)

  • Yan Zhang

    (School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China)

Abstract

Could land reallocation partially explain the decision of off-farm employment of farmers in rural China? Using an individual-level survey data, we find that there is no effect of land reallocation on the individuals' decision on off-farm employments. However, there is a robust negative effect of land reallocation on the amount of time that villagers devote to off-farm work. The first result is attributed to the large earnings difference between farm and nonfarm work; the second result is attributed to the fact that village leaders reallocate land from households short of farm labor to households that farm intensively.

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  • Yi Che & Zuojun Fan & Yan Zhang, 2019. "The Effect of Land Reallocation on Off-Farm Employments in Rural China," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 14(3), pages 401-427, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:14:y:2019:i:3:p:401-427
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    Keywords

    land reallocation; off-farm work; two-stage framework; rural China; efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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