Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the links between basic farmland preservation and land transfers in rural China. Design/methodology/approach: The Chinese provincial panel data from 2006 to 2016 were analyzed with the use of Arellano–Bond linear dynamic panel data estimations....

Purpose: This study investigates the effect of renting in land on farm productivity, and the impacts of rented-in land size and transaction partner type on farm productivity. Design/methodology/approach: Data from the 2015 China Household Finance Survey are analyzed using an extended regression...

China's food security has increasingly been one worldwide concern. And, most researchers argue that land transfer further aggravates the problem of non-grain in rural China. We theoretically pursue the the internal mechanism of the effects of land rental on the grain production and then employ...

Land fragmentation is regarded as obstacle to agricultural productivity and remains serious in rural China. Many researchers suggest that developing land rental markets is one effective approach to land defragmentation, but few papers empirically confirm it. This paper employs Chinese provincial...

Traditionally, rental transactions between acquaintances have been regarded as informal, and associated with low rents. This view implies market segmentation and the malfunctioning of prices. Our study uses household-level data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) in 2015 to assess the...