The Impact of Land Property Right on China’s Rural-urban Migration
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Land property rights, rural-urban migration, market mechanism, government mechanism, China Health and Aging Tracking Survey (CHARLS), Probit model, hukou system, land expropriation, land leasing, heterogeneity analysis.Abstract
This study explores how China’s land property rights systems affect rural residents’ migration decisions, using data from the China Health and Aging Tracking Survey (CHARLS) and a Probit model. It analyzes two core mechanisms: market-based land leasing and government-led land expropriation. Results show land leasing has a moderate, group-variant positive effect on migration (stronger for low-income groups), while land expropriation exerts a significant negative effect (more pronounced for non-agricultural hukou holders and party members). The findings highlight the need for targeted land system reforms to ease migration constraints.
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