Regional differences and influencing factors of local employment rates of rural laborers in mountainous and hilly village areas:A case study of 189 villages in Chongqing Municipality
Local employment of rural laborers can alleviate the problem of hollowing out of villages and promote rural revitalization.Taking 189 villages in Chongqing Municipality as an example,this study used spatial autocorrelation and Kriging interpolation methods to identify regional differences in village local employment rates,and used multiple linear regression and geographical detector to identify the main factors affecting regional differences in village local employment rates,and reveal the mechanism of regional differences in village local employment rates.The results show that:1)There are obvious regional differences in the distribution of village local employment rates in Chongqing,showing a spatial pattern of high in the west,low in the east,and locally prominent.High-high agglomerations are mainly located in the central Chongqing area and its peripheral areas,which have good natural environments and economic and social development,while low-low agglomerations are mainly concentrated in the northeast and southeast of Chongqing,which have poor natural environments and economic foundations.2)The spatial pattern of local employment rates is the result of the interaction of livability,workability,and beautiful and harmonious village environment factors.Per capita disposable income,educational level of village committee members,density of road network in townships,collective income of villages,the number of large-scale enterprises in townships,and trust of village residents in the work of the village committees have a significant positive effect,distance between villages and townships and slope are negative factors,and the interaction of any two factors enhances the explanatory power of the spatial differentiation of local employment rates.3)In the future,the focus of villages in Chongqing to absorb more laborers to work locally is to promote the construction of rural roads and other infrastructure,accelerate the industrial development of villages and towns,and strengthen the development of village cadre teams.This research helps to deepen the understanding and awareness of the trend of transferring the rural labor force locally in China under the new situation,and provides a reference for the scientific formulation of rural development strategies.
villagelocal employment ratesregional differencesmountainous and hilly areaChongqing Municipality