Land Acquisition, Labor Allocation, and Income Growth of Farm Households

Authors

Qingjiang Ju, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jinlan Ni, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Debing Ni, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yu Wu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Author ORCID Identifier

Jinlan Ni

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-26-2016

Publication Title

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volume

52

Issue

8

First Page

1744

Last Page

1761

Abstract

This article investigates how land acquisition during urbanization affects labor allocation decisions of farm households in China. We develop an agricultural household model by including land acquisition to examine its impacts on nonfarm labor participation and income. Two data sets (self-designed household surveys at Xingwen County in 2012 and the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data covering 29 provinces in 2013) are adopted for empirical analysis. The results find that land reduction has significantly positive effects on the probability and the share of family nonfarm labor allocation from both data sets. We also find that land acquisition increases the household income of the land acquisition group in CHFS data.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE TRADE on 26 July 2016, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1540496X.2016.1181860.

Recommended Citation

Ju, Qingjiang; Ni, Jinlan; Ni, Debing; and Wu, Yu, "Land Acquisition, Labor Allocation, and Income Growth of Farm Households" (2016). Economics Faculty Publications. 46.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/econrealestatefacpub/46