Arbeitspapier

Land Markets and Labor Productivity: Empirical Evidence from China

This study investigates the impact of the land rental market (LRM) on labor productivity in rural China. Particular attention is given to farm and non-farm labor productivity. Using 2012 household-level data and a multinomial endogenous switching treatment regression (MESTR) technique, we find that rural households renting-in farmland increased labor productivity in the farm sector by about 55%, while labor productivity in the non-farm sector decreased by about 6%. We also find that rural households renting-out farmland had lower labor productivity in both the farm and non-farm sectors by 13% and 9%, respectively. More family labor transferred from the farm to the non-farm sector after renting-out land.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16575

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Subject
land rental market
labor productivity
farm sector
non-farm sector

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Zhang, Jian
Mishra, Ashok K.
Zhu, Peixin
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2023

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Zhang, Jian
  • Mishra, Ashok K.
  • Zhu, Peixin
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2023

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