Xingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 30;19(9):5476. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095476.
In the process of China's urbanization, non-farm employment and farmland rental activity are closely correlated. Using data from a survey on rural households in three Chinese provinces, this article examines the relationship between farmland renting activity and non-farm employment with simultaneous equations that consider the farming ability of farmers. Our results are fourfold. First, farmland renting-out promotes non-farm employment, while farmland renting-in reduces non-farm employment. Second, non-farm employment encourages farmland renting-out and decreases farmland renting-in. Third, farming ability increases farmland renting-in but decreases non-farm employment. Fourth, non-farm employment decreases the farming ability of farmers. Based on our empirical findings, we would suggest that the Chinese government further reforms its land system in rural areas, which could better facilitate land-use-right transfer and promote farmland rental market.
在中国城市化进程中，非农就业和农地租赁活动密切相关。本文利用中国三个省份农村家庭调查数据，通过联立方程同时考虑农民的务农能力，检验了农地租赁活动与非农就业之间的关系。本文的研究结果有四点。第一，农地出租促进非农就业，而农地承租则减少非农就业。第二，非农就业促进农地出租，减少农地承租。第三，务农能力增加农地承租，减少非农就业。第四，非农就业降低了农民的务农能力。基于我们的实证发现，我们建议中国政府进一步改革农村土地制度，这可以更好地促进土地使用权流转，促进农地租赁市场发展。
