Impacts of Non-farm Employment of Rural Laborers on Agricultural Land Use: Theoretical Analysis and Its Policy Implications

	Impacts of Non-farm Employment of Rural Laborers on Agricultural Land Use: Theoretical Analysis and Its Policy Implications
	Hao Haiguang 1; Li Xiubin 2; Xin Liangjie 2
刊名	Journal of Resources and Ecology
	2017
卷号	8 期号:6 页码:595
关键词	非农就业农地利用理论解析均衡原理生态保护
ISSN号	1674-764X
英文摘要	During rapid urbanization and industrialization process,non-farm employment of rural laborers has emerged as a prevalent phenomenon in rural areas of China and become an important driving factor for changes in agricultural land use. This article attempts to theoretically analyze the impacts of non-farm employment of rural laborers on agricultural land use based on economic frameworks. As rational agents,farmers aim to maximize their income and follow equilibrium principles when they decide how to allocate their labor forces(or working time)in two departments(farm and non-farm)and how to use their agricultural land with different quality and location. The income earned by non-farm employment is higher,and there exists a comparative advantage between labors,as a result the quantity and quality of labor input in agricultural land use decreases. With the limitation of labor input during agricultural land use decision-making of farm households,on the one hand,land with higher quality is still utilized by farmers. On the other hand,poor quality land will be less well managed and is more likely to be abandoned. Non-farm employment of rural laborers and the rising of opportunity costs will result in abandonment of poor quality land,and great importance should be attached to this by policy makers.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/155627]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
作者单位	1.Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 2.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hao Haiguang,Li Xiubin,Xin Liangjie. Impacts of Non-farm Employment of Rural Laborers on Agricultural Land Use: Theoretical Analysis and Its Policy Implications[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology,2017,8(6):595.
APA	Hao Haiguang,Li Xiubin,&Xin Liangjie.(2017).Impacts of Non-farm Employment of Rural Laborers on Agricultural Land Use: Theoretical Analysis and Its Policy Implications.Journal of Resources and Ecology,8(6),595.
MLA	Hao Haiguang,et al."Impacts of Non-farm Employment of Rural Laborers on Agricultural Land Use: Theoretical Analysis and Its Policy Implications".Journal of Resources and Ecology 8.6(2017):595.