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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Main Authors: Giles, John, Mu, Ren
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7080
description 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.
format Publications & Research
author Giles, John
Mu, Ren
author_facet Giles, John
Mu, Ren
author_sort 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
title_sort village political economy, land tenure insecurity, and the rural to urban migration decision : evidence from china
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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