The Effect of Rural Living Environment on the Off-farm Employment:An Empirical Analysis Based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey
Based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey in 2020,this paper uses Probit model to study the effect of rural living environment on the off-farm employment of rural labor force.The model estimation results show that,rural living environment has a positive effect on the off-farm employment of rural labor force.The mechanism analysis suggests that the improvement of human capital,social capital and employment opportunity explains the increase in the probability of off-farm employment of rural labor force produced by the rural living environment.The promo-tion effect is more significant on the rural labor force who are female,under 45 years-old and with high school degree or above.In addition,the rural labor force who with a better level of digital gov-ernance of rural government,homestead right confirmation,land transfer and good transportation accessibility are more sensitive to the improvement of living environment.Finally,living environ-ment is also conducive to increasing farmers'income and achieving common prosperity.
Rural living environmentToilet revolutionDomestic sewage treatmentDomestic waste treatmentOff-farm employment