The Impact of Land Tenure Arrangement on China’s Urban-Rural Migration

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.021How to use a DOI?

Keywords

land tenure security, land rental right, rural-urban migration, land reform, China

Abstract

In the background of the urban-rural dual system, there are many constraints on the mobility of the rural population in China, resulting in the inefficiency of labour resource allocation. The Chinese government has taken action to reform the institutional barriers, such as reforms on the Hukou system and Three Rights Division. However, the de facto land tenure arrangement is still far from marketization. This paper focuses on examining the impact of land tenure arrangement on China’s urban-rural migration from two perspectives, that is, the market channel and the government channel with the help of CHARLS database in 2013 and 2014. The paper finds that the right to renting lands promotes the urban-rural migration while the possibility of the government’s land expropriation has a negative effect on urban-rural migration. The paper also provides suggestions on further reforms on land rental and security rights.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xun He
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/12
TI  - The Impact of Land Tenure Arrangement on China’s Urban-Rural Migration
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 119
EP  - 129
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.021
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.021
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