Land certification, rental market participation, and household welfare in rural China

The lack or instability of the pension system for the elderly in rural China has become a paramount obstacle for sustainable land transfer, namely land use right transfer among farmers, in the context of aging. The New Rural Pension System (NRPS), a pilot project that provided basic security for the elderly, was implemented in 10% of counties in 2009 and rapidly promoted nationwide in China. This study evaluates the impact of NRPS on farmland transfer by developing econometric models by employing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2015. The participation rate in NRPS increased from 25.87% in 2011 to 80.85% in 2015, and the participation rate in farmland transfer rose from 11.56% to 24.04%. Everything else being held equal, the probability of farmers who transferred out their land increased by approximately 13% and the land area has been transferred increased by 11.2% due to participation in NRPS, indicating that the NRPS improved the operation efficiency of land rental market. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analysis showed that the probability and area mentioned above had a significant upward trend with the increase of the time and insured amount of participation in NRPS, which reduced dependence on farmland for the elderly and promoted the sustainability of land transfer. The government should further encourage farmers to increase the coverage and insured amount of pension system in the context of aging. Meanwhile, a platform to promote land transfer should be established to provide information about land supply and demand and reduce the transaction cost of land rental market.

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Mismatch

China Agricultural Economic Review ◽

10.1108/caer-06-2012-0070 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 229-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Yi Che

Keyword(s):

Rural China ◽

Probit Model ◽

Content Type ◽

Rental Market ◽

Land Rental ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Farm Survey ◽

Land Reallocation ◽

Land Size ◽

Positive Effect

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relative impacts of full-scale land reallocation (FLR) and partial-scale land reallocation (PLR) on household land rental behavior in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – Probit model, Tobit model and Semi-parametric model are used to provide empirical evidences. Findings – Drawing upon an unique farm survey in 2003, the authors find that in rural China, FLR is more likely to follow egalitarian rule and PLR takes productivity of households into consideration. Econometric analysis provides two main findings. First, FLR has positive effect on household land rental behavior, possibly because egalitarian FLR creates a mismatch between household agricultural ability and land size and after FLR households have to participate in land rental market to adjust the mismatch. Second, PLR has negative effect on household land rental behavior which supports that land reallocation and land rental market are substitutes (Brandt et al., 2004). Originality/value – The main contribution of this study is to show that FLR and PLR in rural China are motivated by two different rationales (i.e. FLR by egalitarian concerns and PLR by efficiency concerns).

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Market participation, on-farm crop diversity and household welfare: micro-evidence from Kenya

Environment and Development Economics ◽

10.1017/s1355770x12000277 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 579-601 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Solomon Asfaw ◽

Leslie Lipper ◽

Timothy J. Dalton ◽

Patrick Audi

Keyword(s):

Farm Size ◽

Household Welfare ◽

Market Participation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Market Participants ◽

Food Security Status ◽

Output Market ◽

Farm Crop ◽

The Impact ◽

Matching Techniques

AbstractThis paper examines determinants of output and input market participation. It employs propensity score matching techniques to evaluate the impact of market participation on pigeonpea diversity and household welfare, using cross-sectional data of 333 households from Kenya. Results show that input and output market participation decisions are quite distinct. Output market participation is influenced by household demographics, farm size and radio ownership, while input market participation is determined by farm size, bicycle ownership and access to a salaried income. The findings reveal a positive and significant impact of output market participation on pigeonpea diversity, while input market participation had a negative and significant impact on diversity. The results indicate that output market participants have significantly higher food security status than non-participants, in line with the general findings of the literature. However, no significant impact is found between indicators of household welfare and input market participation.

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Property rights integrity, tenure security and forestland rental market participation: Evidence from Jiangxi Province, China

Natural Resources Forum ◽

10.1111/1477-8947.12170 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 95-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yuepeng Zhou ◽

Xiaoping Shi ◽

Dengyan Ji ◽

Xianlei Ma ◽

Satish Chand

Keyword(s):

Property Rights ◽

Jiangxi Province ◽

Market Participation ◽

Tenure Security ◽

Rental Market

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Drivers of household entry and intensity in land rental market in rural China: evidence from North Henan Province

China Agricultural Economic Review ◽

10.1108/caer-06-2014-0062 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Xiaohuan Yan ◽

XUEXI HUO

Keyword(s):

Labor Markets ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Rural China ◽

Henan Province ◽

Rural Land ◽

Rental Market ◽

Land Rental ◽

Rental Markets ◽

Land Rental Markets

Purpose Economic reforms in rural China have led to the emergence of land and labor markets. The development of rural land rental markets can improve agricultural productivity and equity by facilitating transfers of land to more productive farmers and facilitating the participation in the non-farm economy of less productive farmers. In contrast to the burgeoning development of off-farm labor markets, the development of rural land rental market has lagged. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting households’ entry and transaction intensity in rural land rental markets, especially the effects of land tenure and off-farm employment. Design/methodology/approach Based on a field survey data of 479 household in Henan Province in 2009, the authors used Cragg’s double hurdle model to identify the determinants for households’ land rental participation and its transaction amount. Findings Off-farm employment is one of main driving factor for household’s land rent-out decision. Tenure insecurity reduces both the propensity and the magnitude of rental market transactions. Land use certificates significantly contribute to participation in land-rental markets and the rental amount. Originality/value This paper treats household land rental market participation as a related two-step process, focusing on both land transfer and its transaction amount. This paper also builds on a broad view, including analysis on both demand and supply side of land rental market.

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