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Can land transfer through land cooperatives foster off-farm employment in China? / Hanischa, Markus; Liu, Ziming   Journal Article
Hanischa, Markus Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Functioning land markets are necessary for an increase in off-farm employment. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the impact of land transfer on off-farm employment in rural China. This paper investigates the drivers of households' cooperative membership, which is equivalent to transferring land through land cooperatives, and its impact on off-farm employment. Using a two-step control function approach and data from Suzhou and Yangzhou (Jiangsu province), we do not find a general effect of cooperative membership on household heads' current off-farm employment, though the effect is large for households which had surplus agricultural labor before cooperative initiation. The effect is also positive and large for household heads without off-farm experience and households located in Yangzhou. Policy-makers should be aware of the distributional consequences of these heterogeneous effects.
Key Words Labor Market  Jiangsu  Land Market  Land Cooperative  Control Function 
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