Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households

[Objective] Promoting farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households is the fundamental premise of for strengthening and stabilizing the farmland rights, developing moderate & scale management, and establishing a strong agricultural country. Under the new employment form, th...

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Main Author: SI Ruishi, ZHOU Shilei, LIU Mingyue
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Published: Science Press, PR China 2023-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.resci.cn/fileup/1007-7588/PDF/1687837795027-1194008797.pdf
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description [Objective] Promoting farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households is the fundamental premise of for strengthening and stabilizing the farmland rights, developing moderate & scale management, and establishing a strong agricultural country. Under the new employment form, the stability of non-agricultural employment of transfer-out households is severely challenged, which further affects whether they will continue to sign farmland transfer contracts. However, previous research has not revealed the causal effect and transmission mechanism between the stability of rural non-agricultural employment and the contract extension of farmland transfer-out households. [Methods] Based on the data of 516 farmland transfer-out households in Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces, this study measured the stability of non-agricultural employment from non-agricultural employment time, non-agricultural income proportion, and non-agricultural employment satisfaction, and employed the IV-Heckman model and mediation effect analysis to empirically analyze the impact and mechanism of the stability of rural non-agricultural employment on the contract extension of farmland transfer-out households. [Results] (1) The average non-agricultural employment stability of farmland transfer-out households was 3.016, 58.72% of the transfer-out households were willing to extend farmland transfer contracts, and the average extension period was 3.752 years. (2) After overcoming the measurement error and the endogeneity issues caused by the reverse causality of non-agricultural employment stability, as well as the sample selection issue caused by farmland transfer-out households’ willingness to extend contracts, non-agricultural employment stability had a positive effect on transfer-out households’ extension willingness and extension period. The empirical results are robust. (3) Mechanism analysis showed that non-agricultural employment stability affects both extension willingness and extension period through the population adsorption effect and livelihood risk perception, and only affects extension willingness through the farmland transfer-out earnings expectation. [Conclusion] This article put forward some policy recommendations, including strengthening the ability of enterprises to create non-agricultural jobs, improving the skills of non-agricultural employment of farmland transfer-out households, enhancing the supply of basic public services in non-agricultural employment cities, and strengthening the management of the whole chain of farmland transfer contract extension.
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spelling doaj.art-2bc4b30694dc4ddb83b969b4d75256a92023-12-20T05:45:47ZzhoScience Press, PR ChinaZiyuan Kexue1007-75882023-04-0145485787110.18402/resci.2023.04.14Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out householdsSI Ruishi, ZHOU Shilei, LIU Mingyue01. School of Public Administration, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China;2. Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China[Objective] Promoting farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households is the fundamental premise of for strengthening and stabilizing the farmland rights, developing moderate & scale management, and establishing a strong agricultural country. Under the new employment form, the stability of non-agricultural employment of transfer-out households is severely challenged, which further affects whether they will continue to sign farmland transfer contracts. However, previous research has not revealed the causal effect and transmission mechanism between the stability of rural non-agricultural employment and the contract extension of farmland transfer-out households. [Methods] Based on the data of 516 farmland transfer-out households in Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces, this study measured the stability of non-agricultural employment from non-agricultural employment time, non-agricultural income proportion, and non-agricultural employment satisfaction, and employed the IV-Heckman model and mediation effect analysis to empirically analyze the impact and mechanism of the stability of rural non-agricultural employment on the contract extension of farmland transfer-out households. [Results] (1) The average non-agricultural employment stability of farmland transfer-out households was 3.016, 58.72% of the transfer-out households were willing to extend farmland transfer contracts, and the average extension period was 3.752 years. (2) After overcoming the measurement error and the endogeneity issues caused by the reverse causality of non-agricultural employment stability, as well as the sample selection issue caused by farmland transfer-out households’ willingness to extend contracts, non-agricultural employment stability had a positive effect on transfer-out households’ extension willingness and extension period. The empirical results are robust. (3) Mechanism analysis showed that non-agricultural employment stability affects both extension willingness and extension period through the population adsorption effect and livelihood risk perception, and only affects extension willingness through the farmland transfer-out earnings expectation. [Conclusion] This article put forward some policy recommendations, including strengthening the ability of enterprises to create non-agricultural jobs, improving the skills of non-agricultural employment of farmland transfer-out households, enhancing the supply of basic public services in non-agricultural employment cities, and strengthening the management of the whole chain of farmland transfer contract extension.https://www.resci.cn/fileup/1007-7588/PDF/1687837795027-1194008797.pdf|new employment forms|transfer-out households|non-agricultural employment stability|farmland transfer contract extension|iv-heckman model|mediation effect analysis|shaanxi province|gansu province
spellingShingle SI Ruishi, ZHOU Shilei, LIU Mingyue
Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
Ziyuan Kexue
|new employment forms|transfer-out households|non-agricultural employment stability|farmland transfer contract extension|iv-heckman model|mediation effect analysis|shaanxi province|gansu province
title Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
title_full Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
title_fullStr Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
title_full_unstemmed Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
title_short Impact and mechanism of rural non-agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer-out households
title_sort impact and mechanism of rural non agricultural employment stability on farmland transfer contract extension of transfer out households
topic |new employment forms|transfer-out households|non-agricultural employment stability|farmland transfer contract extension|iv-heckman model|mediation effect analysis|shaanxi province|gansu province
url https://www.resci.cn/fileup/1007-7588/PDF/1687837795027-1194008797.pdf
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