Rental markets for cultivated land and agricultural investments in China

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Affiliation of Author(s):中国社会科学院农村发展研究所

Teaching and Research Group:土地经济与人力资源研究室

Journal:Agricultural Economics

Key Words:Cultivated land rental markets; Organic manure, Investment; Contracting period

Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to empirically track the progress and consequences of the emergence of cultivated land markets in China since 2000. We draw on a set of nationwide, household-level panel data (for 2000 and 2008) and find that the markets for cultivated land rental have emerged robustly. According to our data, 19 of China’s cultivated land was rented in farm operators in 2008. We also find that the nature of China’s cultivated land rental contracts has become more formal and lengthened the period of time that the tenant is able to cultivate the rented-in plots. While there may be……

Indexed by:Journal paper

Discipline:Management Science

First-Level Discipline:Agricultural and Forestry Economy Management

Document Type:J

Volume:43卷

Issue:2012年第4期

Page Number:391-403

ISSN No.:0169-5150

Translation or Not:no

Included Journals:SCI、SSCI

Links to published journals:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00591.x