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- Title
Allocative efficiency or misallocation of resources? The emergence of forestland rental markets and the forest devolution reform in China.
- Authors
Yi, Yuanyuan; Carlsson, Fredrik; Köhlin, Gunnar; Xu, Jintao
- Abstract
This paper evaluates whether the devolution reform of forestland to household management improves allocative efficiency and household welfare through participation in forestland rental markets. Using a household panel dataset from three Chinese provinces, we find positive effects of the emerging forestland rental markets: with the reform, forestland was transferred to forestland-constrained and labour-rich households and households with higher levels of productivity in forestry. Participation in forestland rental markets increases household per-capita income and decreases the likelihood of income falling below the poverty line. We do not find any support for forestland captured by land-richer, wealthier, larger or powerful households.
- Subjects
CHINA; FORESTS &; forestry; INCOME; HOME economics; LABOR productivity; RENTAL housing; REFORMS; HOUSEHOLDS
- Publication
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2023, Vol 50, Issue 2, p395
- ISSN
0165-1587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/erae/jbac028