Impact of labor transfer on agricultural land use conversion at rural household level based on Logit model |
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| Authors: | Taiyang Zhong Xiuying Zhang Xianjin Huang |
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| Institution: | [1]School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China [2]International Institute for Earth System Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China |
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| Abstract: | Since land and labor force are primary resources to be used and controlled by rural households, the alloca-tion of labor forces will influence land uses, and further lead to land use conversion. The present study used the Binary Logit model to investigate the influence of labor force transfer, characteristics of rural households, location, and land market on agricultural land use conversion at rural household level. This study was conducted based on 329 valid questionnaires, which were obtained in Changshu, Rudong, and Tongshan counties, respectively representing the southern, middle and northern areas of Jiangsu Province. The results showed that land market participation, location, zonal difference and labor transfer had strong influences on agricultural land use conversion. The participation of land market had a strong positive effect on land use conversion, especially for the farmland converted to the fishpond. The nearer to the county seat, the more conversion of land use occurred. Particularly, the labor force transfer caused by wage employment decreased this conversion probability, while the labor transfer caused by self-employment led to more conversion; and the increasing of income from labor transfer increased the conversion. Moreover, land use con-versions demonstrated zonal difference, which were more in Rudong and Changshu counties than in Tongshan County, and the factors influencing this conversion were different in the three regions. |
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| Keywords: | labor force transfer agricultural land use conversion rural household Logit model Jiangsu Province China |
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