How do farmland rental markets affect farmers’ income? Evidence from a matched renting-in and renting-out household survey in Northeast China

Promoting farmland transfer through the farmland rental market is an essential instrument to achieve the scale economy of agricultural production in China. However, past literature on the land reform in China pays more attention to the renting-in household or the renting-out household, respectively,...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-09, Vol.16 (9), p.e0256590-e0256590
Main Authors: Geng, Ning, Gao, Zhifeng, Sun, Chuchu, Wang, Mengyao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural land
Agricultural policy
Agricultural production
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture
Biology and Life Sciences
Certification
Developing countries
Earth Sciences
Economic aspects
Economic growth
Efficiency
Employment
Equity
Farm income
Farmers
Farms
Households
Income
Land reform
Land use
LDCs
Management
Part time farming
People and Places
Polls & surveys
Poverty
Productivity
Property rights
Public administration
Rural areas
Social Sciences
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Summary:Promoting farmland transfer through the farmland rental market is an essential instrument to achieve the scale economy of agricultural production in China. However, past literature on the land reform in China pays more attention to the renting-in household or the renting-out household, respectively, less to both types of households together. Using a large-scale survey of farm households in China, we examine the determinants of participation in the farmland rental market and quantify the impact of the rental market on farmers’ income. Findings show household off-farm income, family members’ part-time employment, agricultural subsidies, and participation in agricultural cooperatives significantly affect farmers’ participation in the farmland rental market. Participation in the farmland rental market significantly increases the income of renting-in households, while it decreases the income of renting-out households, which might result from the temporary lag effect of the land system reform.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0256590