An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of China鈥檚 Land Conversion Program on Farmers鈥?Income Growth and Labor Transfer
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- 作者：Shunbo Yao ; Yajun Guo and Xuexi Huo
- 关键词：Sloping Land Conversion Program ; Income increase ; Labor transfer ; Panel data ; Northern Shaanxi ; Difference in differences model ; Economic development ; Program extent ; Political leadership
- 刊名：Environmental Management
- 出版时间：March, 2010
- 出版年：2010
- 期刊代码：41_0364-152X
- 类别：ear
- 卷：45
- 期：3
- 页码：502-512
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
In this article, we hypothesize that in addition to participation status and household characteristics, the impact of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program on income growth and labor transfer is determined by local economic conditions, program range, and political leadership, and the degree of impact on income may vary among different economic sectors. To test these propositions, we have compiled a panel data set of 600 households in three counties in the Loess Plateau region, with observations for times both prior to and after the program’s inception (1999 and 2006), for both aggregate and categorical incomes, and for both participating and non-participating households. Using a difference in differences model and repeated cross-sectional data, we find that participation status, local economic conditions, program extent, and political leadership indeed have significant impacts on household income and off-farm employment. Moreover, the effects of participation on crop production income, animal husbandry income, and off-farm income vary substantially. These results carry major policy implications in terms of how to improve the effectiveness and impact of ecological restoration efforts in and outside of China.