Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur i...
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okr-10986-206352021-06-14T10:22:37Z Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China Giles, John Mu, Ren ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BRIDGES CITIES COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITIES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUITABLE ACCESS FAMILY MEMBERS FOREST FORESTS GENDER GAP HETEROGENEITY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INCOME INEQUALITY INCUMBENT INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSURANCE INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IRRIGATION KINSHIP KINSHIP GROUP LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MARKETS LAND MARKET LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TITLE LAND TITLING LAND USE LARGE POPULATIONS LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL POPULATION LOSS OF LAND MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOWS MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS POINTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SCIENCE POPULATION CHANGE PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SERVICES RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL RESIDENTS SANITATION SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOCIAL SCIENCE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION VILLAGES YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur in the following year. After first demonstrating that a village leader's support for administrative land reallocation carries with it the risk of losing a future election, the paper exploits election-timing and village heterogeneity in lineage group composition and demographic change to identify the effect of land security. In response to an expected land reallocation in the following year, the probability that a rural resident migrates out of the county declines by 2.8 percentage points, which accounts for 17.5 percent of the annual share of village residents, aged 16 to 50, who worked as migrants during the period. This finding underscores the potential importance of secure property rights for facilitating labor market integration and the movement of labor out of agriculture. 2014-12-03T20:50:27Z 2014-12-03T20:50:27Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346047/village-political-economy-land-tenure-insecurity-rural-urban-migration-decision-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20635 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7080 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BRIDGES CITIES COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITIES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUITABLE ACCESS FAMILY MEMBERS FOREST FORESTS GENDER GAP HETEROGENEITY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INCOME INEQUALITY INCUMBENT INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSURANCE INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IRRIGATION KINSHIP KINSHIP GROUP LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MARKETS LAND MARKET LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TITLE LAND TITLING LAND USE LARGE POPULATIONS LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL POPULATION LOSS OF LAND MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOWS MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS POINTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SCIENCE POPULATION CHANGE PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SERVICES RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL RESIDENTS SANITATION SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOCIAL SCIENCE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION VILLAGES YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BRIDGES CITIES COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITIES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUITABLE ACCESS FAMILY MEMBERS FOREST FORESTS GENDER GAP HETEROGENEITY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INCOME INEQUALITY INCUMBENT INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSURANCE INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IRRIGATION KINSHIP KINSHIP GROUP LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MARKETS LAND MARKET LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TITLE LAND TITLING LAND USE LARGE POPULATIONS LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL POPULATION LOSS OF LAND MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOWS MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS POINTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SCIENCE POPULATION CHANGE PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SERVICES RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL RESIDENTS SANITATION SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOCIAL SCIENCE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION VILLAGES YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN Giles, John Mu, Ren Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
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This paper investigates the impact of
land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of
China's rural residents. A simple model first frames
the relationship among these variables and the probability
that a reallocation of land will occur in the following
year. After first demonstrating that a village leader's
support for administrative land reallocation carries with it
the risk of losing a future election, the paper exploits
election-timing and village heterogeneity in lineage group
composition and demographic change to identify the effect of
land security. In response to an expected land reallocation
in the following year, the probability that a rural resident
migrates out of the county declines by 2.8 percentage
points, which accounts for 17.5 percent of the annual share
of village residents, aged 16 to 50, who worked as migrants
during the period. This finding underscores the potential
importance of secure property rights for facilitating labor
market integration and the movement of labor out of agriculture. |
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Giles, John Mu, Ren |
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Giles, John Mu, Ren |
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Giles, John |
title |
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
title_short |
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
title_full |
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
title_fullStr |
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
title_full_unstemmed |
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China |
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village political economy, land tenure insecurity, and the rural to urban migration decision : evidence from china |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346047/village-political-economy-land-tenure-insecurity-rural-urban-migration-decision-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20635 |
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