Impact of land fragmentation on marginal productivity of agricultural labor and non-agricultural labor supply: A case study of Jiangsu, China
Impact of land fragmentation on marginal productivity of agricultural labor and non-agricultural labor supply: A case study of Jiangsu, China
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土地破碎化对农业劳动力边际生产率和非农劳动力供给的影响：以江苏省为例
DOI：
10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.11.004
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Yao, Guangrong
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作者：
Lu, Hua;Xie, Hualin;Yao, Guangrong
在中国经济快速发展的背景下，无数农民工在经济利益的驱使下外出打工。如何有效地释放农村剩余劳动力，是中国城镇化进一步发展的关键。土地碎片化是中国农业生产的一个基本特征。土地碎片化也会影响劳动力的使用。在中国当前的农村改革和城镇化进程中，近期大量农村富余劳动力将继续向城镇和非农部门转移，转移方式将从个人迁移转向家庭迁移。农业劳动力的边际生产率对农民的劳动决策有重要影响。本文利用江苏省中国的入户调查数据，分析了土地碎片化对农业劳动力边际生产率和非农劳动力供给影响的方向和程度，并对其理论机制进行了分析。结果表明，土地碎片化降低了农业劳动力的边际生产率，增加了非农劳动力供给。这一效应对年轻的农业劳动者来说尤为明显。政府要配套相关政策和优惠措施，引导农民自愿实现土地联合经营和农地经营权流转。此外，必须增加机械化服务的供应，促进可在较小土地上使用的小型农业机械的发展。
In the context of China's rapid economic development, numerous rural laborers go out to work driven by economic interests. How to release the surplus rural labor effectively is critical for the further development of urbanization in China. Land fragmentation is a basic characteristic of agricultural production in China. Land fragmentation also affects labor use. In the current process of China's rural reform and urbanization, large amounts of surplus rural labor will continue to transfer to urban and non-agricultural sectors in the near future, and the transfer mode will turn from individual migration to family migration. Marginal productivity of agricultural labor has an important influence on farmers' labor decisions. Using household survey data collected from Jiangsu province in China, this study analyzes the theoretical mechanism, and empirically tests the direction and degree of the impact of land fragmentation on marginal productivity of agricultural labor and non-agricultural labor supply. The results reveal that land fragmentation decreases marginal productivity of agricultural labor and increases non-agricultural labor supply. This effect is especially obvious for young agricultural workers. Supplementing relevant policies and preferential measures, the government should guide farmers to realize joint land operation and transfer of farmland management rights on a voluntary basis. Further, it is necessary to increase the supply of mechanized services and facilitate the development of small-sized agricultural machine that can be used on smaller landholdings.