文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Do land markets improve land-use efficiency? evidence from Jiangsu, China

作者：Liu, Ziming[1];Zhang, Lan[2];Rommel, Jens[3];Feng, Shuyi[2]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[2]Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Publ Adm, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China;[3]Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, Uppsala, Sweden

年份：2020

卷号：52

期号：3

起止页码：317

外文期刊名：APPLIED ECONOMICS

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000478549900001)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：Land market; technical efficiency; stochastic frontier analysis; control function

摘要：Inefficient use of scarce and fragmented land challenges the sustainability of agriculture. Land markets may improve land-use efficiency. In recent years, China has employed various instruments to promote land markets. This paper investigates whether land markets affect households' land-use efficiency, based on data from 1,202 farm households in Jiangsu Province. The measure of land-use efficiency was derived from a stochastic frontier production function, and a control function approach was employed to correct for selection bias. The results indicated that many households are using land inefficiently. While renting in land increases land-use efficiency, it is not affected by renting out land, implying that households are not giving up land for efficiency gains. We also provide suggestive evidence that the positive effect of renting in land results from abundant agricultural labour due to labour market failure.