Journal
CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 338-350Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/CAER-10-2016-0169
Keywords
Concentration of farmland; Land rental activity; Off-employment
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71333012]
- Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of off-farm employment on the concentration of farmland via households' land rental activities in rural China. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses Probit and Tobit models to estimate the effect of off-farm employment on land rental activities. Furthermore, the paper compares the degree of land concentration between pre-renting and post-renting in terms of Gini coefficients of farmland ownership at village level. Findings The authors find that off-farm employment has a positive effect on the renting out farmland, and insignificant effect on renting in farmland. Moreover, off-farm employment intensifies the concentration of farmland from small farms toward big farms by renting activities. Originality/value The authors believe that the results will contribute positively to the assessment of the effect of off-farm employment on land concentration in the context of the urbanization process in China.
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