RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF"ONE HOUSEHOLD ONE PLOT"ON FARMERS'NON-AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT——EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON 506 FARMERS IN SHANDONG PROVINCE
In recent years,some villages and groups have spontaneously organized and implemented"one household one plot"in order to control the fragmentation of agricultural land,that is,the village collective realizes the integration of plots through land adjustment,and centralizes multiple pieces of decentralized contracted land of farmers into one piece.Based on the survey data of 506 farmers' households in Shandong province,this paper empirically tested the role of"one household one plot"in promoting farmers' non-agricultural employment.The results were showed as follows.(1)The implementation of"one household one plot"had a stable positive impact on the non-agricultural employment of farmers,that was,under other conditions unchanged,the number of non-agricultural employment of farmers in the"one household one plot"village group was more.(2)The heterogeneity analysis showed that the implementation of"one household one plot"had a more obvious effect on promoting non-agricultural employment of farmers with high economic,that was,the farmers with high regional economic development levels and close villages to the county,who implemented"one household,one plot"had a greater increase in the number of non-agricultural employment.(3)After selecting the support rate of village cadres as the instrumental variable of"one household one plot",the estimation results were still robust.(4)The implementation of"one household one plot"could increase the number of non-farm employment while improving the quality of non-farm employment.In summary,second-round extended rural land contract are coming soon.The government should give more autonomy to village groups and farmers,allow and encourage appropriate areas to ease the problem of agricultural land fragmentation through the implementation of"one household one plot",reduce agricultural labor time,promote non-agricultural employment of farmers,and further release the dividend of land system reform.
agricultural land fragmentation"one household one plot"land adjustmentnon-agricultural em-ploymenttool variables