Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity

This study analyzes the mechanism of coexistence of non-agricultural part-time work of farmer households and large-scale cultivation of cultivated land, and the effect of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on the agricultural labor productivity. Results indicate that non...

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Autores principales:	Xin Jiang, Shihu Zhong, Cancan Huang, Xiaoxin Guo, Jingjing Zhao
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Publicado:	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2021
Materias:	non-agricultural part-time work large farmer households agricultural labor productivity heterogeneity Economic growth, development, planning HD72-88 Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ef1a9c8745564e94ac3363bed25d47532021-11-11T16:03:34ZBlessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity10.3846/tede.2021.151342029-49132029-4921https://doaj.org/article/ef1a9c8745564e94ac3363bed25d47532021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.bjrbe.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/15134https://doaj.org/toc/2029-4913https://doaj.org/toc/2029-4921 This study analyzes the mechanism of coexistence of non-agricultural part-time work of farmer households and large-scale cultivation of cultivated land, and the effect of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on the agricultural labor productivity. Results indicate that non-agricultural part-time work of large farmer households promotes the agricultural labor productivity, particularly for those with higher non-agricultural incomes, younger age, higher education level and shorter distance between working places in urban sectors and rural residence. At the mean value of the samples, non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households will improve agricultural labor productivity by 27.1%. These results remain consistent after we experiment several robustness checks and the instrumental variable method. Further, it is worth stressing that non-agricultural part-time work inhibits the agricultural production for farmer households with labors less than three, while it exhibits positive effects for those with labors more than three. Finally, analysis of mechanism suggests that non-agricultural part-time work of large farmer households enhances the productivity via entering the agricultural association, increasing farm mechanization degree, and promoting the centralized production and farm management on the transferred farmland. It’s suggestive to maintain total area of the transferred farmland to avoid the reverse effects and then the optimal total cultivated area within the range of (100, 200) Mu. Policy implications of our work are discussed. First published online 11 November 2021 Xin JiangShihu ZhongCancan HuangXiaoxin GuoJingjing ZhaoVilnius Gediminas Technical Universityarticlenon-agricultural part-time worklarge farmer householdsagricultural labor productivityheterogeneityEconomic growth, development, planningHD72-88BusinessHF5001-6182ENTechnological and Economic Development of Economy (2021)
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topic	non-agricultural part-time work large farmer households agricultural labor productivity heterogeneity Economic growth, development, planning HD72-88 Business HF5001-6182
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description	This study analyzes the mechanism of coexistence of non-agricultural part-time work of farmer households and large-scale cultivation of cultivated land, and the effect of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on the agricultural labor productivity. Results indicate that non-agricultural part-time work of large farmer households promotes the agricultural labor productivity, particularly for those with higher non-agricultural incomes, younger age, higher education level and shorter distance between working places in urban sectors and rural residence. At the mean value of the samples, non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households will improve agricultural labor productivity by 27.1%. These results remain consistent after we experiment several robustness checks and the instrumental variable method. Further, it is worth stressing that non-agricultural part-time work inhibits the agricultural production for farmer households with labors less than three, while it exhibits positive effects for those with labors more than three. Finally, analysis of mechanism suggests that non-agricultural part-time work of large farmer households enhances the productivity via entering the agricultural association, increasing farm mechanization degree, and promoting the centralized production and farm management on the transferred farmland. It’s suggestive to maintain total area of the transferred farmland to avoid the reverse effects and then the optimal total cultivated area within the range of (100, 200) Mu. Policy implications of our work are discussed. First published online 11 November 2021
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title	Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity
title_short	Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity
title_full	Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity
title_fullStr	Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity
title_full_unstemmed	Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity
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publisher	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
publishDate	2021
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Blessing or curse? The impacts of non-agricultural part-time work of the large farmer households on agricultural labor productivity

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