Research on the Impact of Land Expropriation on Farmers' Welfare

Abstract

Through field interviews and questionnaire surveys of landless farmers in Shushan District, Feixi County, Feidong County and other areas of Hefei City, Anhui Province, this paper obtains relevant information about farmers' lives after land expropriation. Using the multiple regression model to analyze the influencing factors of the welfare of landless farmers, it is found that farmers' welfare is affected by the personal characteristics of farmers, land use after land acquisition, housing compensation policy and social security, etc., land compensation and reasonable housing compensation methods improve the level of farmers' welfare, and farmers' education and gender make the changes of farmers' welfare heterogeneous. China has 600 million farmers, and implementing a reasonable land expropriation policy is essential for stabilizing society. It is of great significance to improve the welfare level of farmers. Land compensation policies should be further improved, secondary industries should be developed, and the gap between urban and rural areas should be narrowed to enhance farmers' happiness.