Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS

doi:10.3390/ijerph16193592

	Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS
	Wang, Yahui 2,3; Yang, Qingyuan 2,3; Xin, Liangjie 1; Zhang, Jingyu 2
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
	2019-10-01
卷号	16 期号:19 页码:19
关键词	new rural pension system farmland transfer population aging panel logit model panel tobit model CHARLS
DOI	10.3390/ijerph16193592
通讯作者	Yang, Qingyuan(yizyang@swu.edu.cn)
英文摘要	The lack or instability of the pension system for the elderly in rural China has become a paramount obstacle for sustainable land transfer, namely land use right transfer among farmers, in the context of aging. The New Rural Pension System (NRPS), a pilot project that provided basic security for the elderly, was implemented in 10% of counties in 2009 and rapidly promoted nationwide in China. This study evaluates the impact of NRPS on farmland transfer by developing econometric models by employing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2015. The participation rate in NRPS increased from 25.87% in 2011 to 80.85% in 2015, and the participation rate in farmland transfer rose from 11.56% to 24.04%. Everything else being held equal, the probability of farmers who transferred out their land increased by approximately 13% and the land area has been transferred increased by 11.2% due to participation in NRPS, indicating that the NRPS improved the operation efficiency of land rental market. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analysis showed that the probability and area mentioned above had a significant upward trend with the increase of the time and insured amount of participation in NRPS, which reduced dependence on farmland for the elderly and promoted the sustainability of land transfer. The government should further encourage farmers to increase the coverage and insured amount of pension system in the context of aging. Meanwhile, a platform to promote land transfer should be established to provide information about land supply and demand and reduce the transaction cost of land rental market.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41901232] ; Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education[19XJCZH006] ; Chongqing Social Science Planning Project[2018BS59] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[swu118054]
WOS关键词	CROPLAND ABANDONMENT ; AGRICULTURAL LABOR ; LAND FRAGMENTATION ; RENTAL MARKET ; PRODUCTIVITY ; HOUSEHOLD ; IMPACT ; PARTICIPATION ; DETERMINANTS ; CIRCULATION
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000494748600088
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education ; Chongqing Social Science Planning Project ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/131935]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Yang, Qingyuan
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Southwest Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China 3.Southwest Univ, State Cultivat Base Ecoagri Southwest Mt Land, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yahui,Yang, Qingyuan,Xin, Liangjie,et al. Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,2019,16(19):19.
APA	Wang, Yahui,Yang, Qingyuan,Xin, Liangjie,&Zhang, Jingyu.(2019).Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,16(19),19.
MLA	Wang, Yahui,et al."Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 16.19(2019):19.