Comprehensive Reform of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and Farmer Income Increase:A Quasi-natural Experiment Based on the 2014 Pilot Program
Using the comprehensive reform pilot of supply and marketing cooperatives(SMCs)in 2014 as a quasi-natural experiment,this paper empirically examines the income-increasing effect of the comprehensive reform of SMCs on rural households based on the data of the 2010-2020 China Family Panel Studies(CFPS).The study finds that the comprehensive reform of SMCs increases the per capita income of rural households.This conclusion remains robust across a series of robustness checks.The comprehensive reform of SMCs promotes income increase primarily through mechanisms such as reducing agricultural input costs,providing technical support,promoting moderate-scale land management,and enhancing the sales of agricultural products.Further analysis reveals that the comprehensive reform of SMCs alleviates poverty disparities within individual farmers,across regions,and between urban and rural areas,thereby promoting common prosperity.The conclusions of this paper contribute to understanding the enduring value of SMCs in the new era and provide empirical evidence to support the continuous advancement of their comprehensive reform.In the process of deepening the reform of SMCs in the future,it is supposed to consider improving the governance system of SMCs with Chinese characteristics,focusing on building the foundation of SMCs in rural and less developed areas,and paying attention to connecting with small farmers with lower incomes.
Comprehensive Reform of Supply and Marketing CooperativesFarmer Income IncreaseCommon ProsperityDifference-in-Differences Model
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