Using household-level data collected from three provinces in China, this paper investigates the links between land rentals conducted by acquaintances and land fragmentation. The econometric results indicate that the land rentals between acquaintances and those between non-acquaintances have...

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...

As one mode of informal institutions, clan networks have played a key role in Chinese socioeconomic development, but there is currently no agreement on how clan networks affect social governance in rural areas. This paper investigates the nonlinear relationship between clan networks and social...

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....