Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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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.
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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