Land rental market and agricultural labor productivity in rural China: A mediation analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 105089
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Ashok K. Mishra ◽  
Peixin Zhu ◽  
Xiaoshun Li
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Rental Market ◽  
Land Rental ◽  
Agricultural Labor Productivity

The Impact of Heat Waves on Agricultural Labor Productivity and Output

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Federico Castillo ◽  
Armando Sánchez Vargas ◽  
J. K. Gilless ◽  
Michael Wehner
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Agricultural Labor Productivity ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3592
Author(s):  
Yahui Wang ◽  
Qingyuan Yang ◽  
Liangjie Xin ◽  
Jingyu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pension System ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Rental Market ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Land Rental ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

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.

Mismatch

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-247 ◽  
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).

scholarly journals Agricultural labor productivity in the Lower South, 1720–1800

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C Mancall ◽  
Joshua L Rosenbloom ◽  
Thomas Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Agricultural Labor Productivity ◽  
Lower South

scholarly journals AGRICULTURAL CREDITS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 161-183
Author(s):  
UNAL SEVEN ◽  
SEMIH TUMEN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Agricultural Finance ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Agricultural Labor Productivity ◽  
Cross Country

We present cross-country evidence suggesting that agricultural credits have a positive impact on agricultural productivity. In particular, we find that doubling agricultural credits generates around 4–5% increase in agricultural productivity. We use two different agricultural production measures: (i) the agricultural component of GDP and (ii) agricultural labor productivity. Employing a combination of panel-data and instrumental-variable methods, we show that agricultural credits operate mostly on the agricultural component of GDP in developing countries and agricultural labor productivity in developed countries. This suggests that the nature of the relationship between agricultural finance and agricultural output changes along the development path. We conjecture that the development of the agricultural finance system generates entry into the agricultural labor market, which pushes up the agricultural component of GDP and keeps down agricultural labor productivity in developing countries; while, in developed countries, it leads to labor-augmenting increase in agricultural production. We argue that replacement of the informal credit channel with formal and advanced agricultural credit markets along the development path is the main force driving the labor market response.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document