Land Management Scale, Rural Labour Migration, and Agricultural Mechanization: Evidence from China

Abstract

This paper based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 1999 to 2014. The three-stage least squares method is used in this paper to analysis the relationship between land management scale, rural labour migration and agricultural mechanization level. The analysis reveal that the rural labour migration and the scale of land management show a U-shaped relationship. The level of agricultural mechanization is positively affecting the transfer of rural labour. In addition, we find that the scale of land management, rural labour migration have promoted the level of agricultural mechanization. The proportion of the gross agricultural output value in the GDP has a negative impact on rural labour migration.