Land Rights and Rural-Urban Migration in China

Rupelle, Maëlys de la; Deng, Qi; Li, Shi; Vendryes, Thomas

doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.3633

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“…Diversification into nonagricultural employment, participation in land rental markets and various agglomeration benefits have all been examined as being potentially important (Jin and Deininger, 2009;Herd et al, 2010;Ding, 2007;Kimura et al, 2011). Other studies stress the importance of holding land with secure property rights, even for those who have migrated (de la Rupelle et al, 2009;Yu et al, 2010).…”

Section: Social Security In China and The Role Of Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Security Function of Agriculture in China

Wang

Weaver²,

You

2012

J of Intl Development

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On the basis of the Lewis model, this paper addresses the theoretical foundations of the social security function of the agricultural sector and investigates the impact of this function on Chinese development. We argue that the agricultural sector and secure agricultural land holdings are important means, in the absence of comprehensive government provision of social security, in insuring rural residents and rural–urban migrants against risks and uncertainties. Given a large rural population and massive rural–urban migration, secure access to land for both rural and migrant populations in China has helped the economy avoid systemic risk and helped to maintain social stability. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Social Security In China and The Role Of Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Security Function of Agriculture in China

Wang

Weaver²,

You

2012

J of Intl Development

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“…There is no consensus about the impact of the arrangement of forestland property rights on off-farm employment. Some researchers suggest that stable and complete land property rights can improve labor transfer [18,19], otherwise it is constrained. For example, Gray [20] analyzed the rural out-migration in southern Ecuadorian Andes and found that the landlessness did not consistently increase out-migration.…”

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Effect of Forestland Property Rights and Village Off-Farm Environment on Off-Farm Employment in Southern China

Yang

Liu

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Sustainability

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Reasonably promoting the off-farm employment of rural surplus labor in China’s collective forest areas is an important way to increase forest resources and increase farmers’ income. China’s new round of collective forest tenure reform (CFTR) aims to optimize forest area labor allocation by strengthening forestland property rights. Therefore, in different village off-farm environments, it is necessary to explore how forestland property rights affect off-farm employment in forest areas. Based on survey data from 742 households in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, this paper examines this effect using the double-hurdle model. The results indicate that forestland transfer rights promote decision-making about, and the supply of, off-farm labor, while forest harvesting rights significantly increase the supply of off-farm labor. The villages’ off-farm income ratio also affected the supply of off-farm labor. Moreover, under the regulation of the village off-farm income ratio, the positive incentives of forestland transfer rights on decision-making about, and the supply of, off-farm labor gradually weakened, but the incentive effect of forest harvesting rights on the supply of off-farm labor gradually increased. It is proposed that the CFTR should be further promoted, the forestland circulation mechanism and regulating forest harvest quota system should be improved, and implementation of forestry property mortgages should be strengthened.

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“…Rural land tenure arrangements in the place of origin, however, can be an important obstacle to migration (Yang ; De La Rupelle et al. ; Mullan et al. ).…”

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“…With regard to China, De La Rupelle et al. () and Giles and Mu () find a significant negative impact of land tenure insecurity, caused by the threat of periodical land reallocations within villages, on migration. Mullan et al.…”

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Land tenure insecurity and rural‐urban migration in rural China

Heerink

Ierland

et al. 2016

Papers in Regional Science

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This paper examines the impact of land tenure security perceptions on rural-urban migration decisions of rural households, using data collected in Minle County in Northwest China. We find that tenure security perceptions play a significant role in household migration decisions in villages without well-functioning land rental markets but not in villages where the land rental markets are more developed. In villages with underdeveloped land rental markets, households that expect that no land reallocations will occur within their village in the near future are less involved in migration, while households that attach a greater importance to land certificates in protecting land use rights are more involved in migration. JEL classification: R23

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Land Rights and Rural-Urban Migration in China

Cited by 17 publications

References 11 publications

The Social Security Function of Agriculture in China

The Social Security Function of Agriculture in China

Effect of Forestland Property Rights and Village Off-Farm Environment on Off-Farm Employment in Southern China

Land tenure insecurity and rural‐urban migration in rural China

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