Factors influencing the efficiency of rural public goods investments in mountainous areas of China —— Based on micro panel data from three periods

He, Chunyan; Li, Peng; Xu, Dingde; Xu, Dong; Xue, Peng

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.015

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“…Mountainous areas are often in poor natural and geographical conditions, which will result in high transportation costs and greater difficulties for workers to collect RSW. This is in line with the findings of He et al [29], who found that the relationship between natural terrain and public goods provision efficiency is negative.…”

Section: Probit Regression Resultssupporting

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Determinants of Residential Solid Waste Management Services Provision: A Village-Level Analysis in Rural China

2017

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Providing residential solid waste collection (RSWC) services is the first and most indispensable part of residential solid waste management and is crucial for rural environment protection. This paper seeks to analyze the determinants of RSWC services' provision at the village level, based on a latest survey data set of 150 villages in the Poyang Lake Eco-Economic Zone (PLEEZ) in Jiangxi Province. Using a Probit regression model and a Bivariate Probit regression model, our results indicated that: (1) The provision of RSWC services is not evenly distributed and richer villages have more RSWC services; (2) A showcasing phenomenon exists in the provision of RSWC services. Villages that are more populous, nearer to the township government, and located in the new countryside and old liberated areas saw an increase in the provision of RSWC facilities, services that will more easily showcase village leaders' political achievement, while the provision of RSWC workers and both RSWC facilities and workers, services that will less easily showcase village leaders' political achievement, do not increase in these villages; (3) Informal governance characteristics, such as the ratio of largest family clans, whether village leaders come from the village's largest family clans, and the number of people working in the upper-level government have strong predictive power over the provision of RSWC services, while formal governance characteristics, such as elections, do not matter in RSWC services' provision.

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Section: Probit Regression Resultssupporting

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Determinants of Residential Solid Waste Management Services Provision: A Village-Level Analysis in Rural China

2017

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“…Besides, this paper also discusses the relationship between the social network structural features and employment quality. A large and growing evidence emphasized the positive role of friends and relatives in helping people to find work [62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76]. Different from these similar studies, in this study, it is found that only the relative network of part-time farmers has significant positive impacts on their non-agricultural employment quality, while the network of friends, institutions, and enterprises has no significant effect.…”

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“…Finally, in each sample village, 20 households were randomly selected according to a roster, with reference to the random number chart. According to the above process, a total of 400 households and 20 villages were selected [64]. Since this study explores the impact of social networks on the employment quality of part-time farmers, this study only selects individual farmers with multiple occupations behavior as samples.…”

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Social Network Influences on Non-Agricultural Employment Quality for Part-Time Peasants: A Case Study of Sichuan Province, China

Xue

2019

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In recent years, the issue of employment quality for workers has received increasing attention from the government and academia. As a social resource, a social network can provide people with social support and help job seekers find better jobs by transmitting the information on job opportunities. However, currently, there are few empirical studies on employment quality from the perspective of social networks. Based on data from 194 samples from 400 households in Sichuan Province in 2015, this paper constructs an employment quality index system from the six dimensions of labor wages, working time, employment stability, employment environment, career development, and social security. In addition, from the perspective of the structural features and the overall characteristics of the social network, OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) and the path analysis model are used to quantitatively explore the mechanisms of action paths of the social network in terms of the non-agricultural employment quality of part-time peasants. The results show that: (1) the social network scale and the relative network of part-time peasants are found to positively affect employment quality. (2) Age, gender, and education level have indirect impacts on the employment quality loop through network heterogeneity and network scale. In addition, network heterogeneity and health status indirectly impact employment quality through a network scale. (3) By synthesizing the direct and indirect impacts, the comprehensive impacts of each factor on employment quality, in decreasing order, are: village–county distance > village terrain > family population > network scale > education level > skill > network heterogeneity > health status > age > gender. The results suggest that we should pay attention to the role of social network resources in improving employment quality, and should implement various measures to expand peasants’ social networks, so as to achieve high-quality employment.

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“…With the strong support of the Chinese government, the burden of public investment at the village level has been decreasing steadily. Of China's rural public goods investment projects, 37.5% were provided by villages themselves between 2000 and 2003; this figure dropped to 33.88% between 2004 and 2007 and then declined to 20.44% between 2008 and 2011 [19]. However, the village collective is still an important provider of rural public goods.…”

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The subjective well-being effect of public goods provided by village collectives: Evidence from China

Zhang

2020

PLoS ONE

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Village collectives are important providers of rural public goods in developing countries with dual urban-rural structures. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between the public goods provided by village collectives and the subjective well-being (SWB) of rural residents. This study aims to fill that gap. Based on the 2014 round of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey data, this study estimates an ordered logit model of a SWB function to examine the role of the public goods provided by village collectives. The results indicate that village collectives' provision of public goods has a significantly positive effect on the SWB of rural residents by promoting the dual growth of household income and consumption. Village collectives' public expenditures on production, education, and public services also positively affect the SWB of rural residents. The public goods provided by village collectives have a significantly positive effect on the SWB of young and middle-aged rural residents but not on the SWB of elderly rural residents. Finally, rural residents with low levels of education and health obtain more SWB effects than do residents with high levels.

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Factors influencing the efficiency of rural public goods investments in mountainous areas of China —— Based on micro panel data from three periods

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

Determinants of Residential Solid Waste Management Services Provision: A Village-Level Analysis in Rural China

Determinants of Residential Solid Waste Management Services Provision: A Village-Level Analysis in Rural China

Social Network Influences on Non-Agricultural Employment Quality for Part-Time Peasants: A Case Study of Sichuan Province, China

The subjective well-being effect of public goods provided by village collectives: Evidence from China

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