Market Interlinked, System Non-specialized: Farmland Transfer Impacts on Rural Labor Mobility

Danzhu Lai¹, Heyuan Huang¹, Zhipeng Du¹ and Yiming He^{2, 3,}

¹College of Economics & Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

²National School of Agricultural Institution & Development, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

³Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

Cite this paper:
Danzhu Lai, Heyuan Huang, Zhipeng Du and Yiming He. Market Interlinked, System Non-specialized: Farmland Transfer Impacts on Rural Labor Mobility. Journal of Finance and Economics. 2017; 5(5):233-239. doi: 10.12691/jfe-5-5-5

Abstract

A survey was conducted on Canton of China land owners transferring farmland property rights and migrating from rural area to urban. The research objective was to determine how the farmland property rights transfer impacted rural labor migration behavior. Theoretical models proved that transfer of farmland would drive rural labor migration. Empirical results showed farmland transfer market interlinks with rural labor market in a non-specialized production system.

Keywords:
farmland transfer labor mobility specialization spatial spillover

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