农村家庭参与非农业活动的“推力”与“拉力”分析——湖北省西部山区的一项个案研究

Determinants of the Participation of Rural Households in Non-agricultural Activities:The Case Study of a Mountainous Area in Hubei Province

文章利用一项对湖北省西部山区农户调查的数据,研究农户参与非农业活动的决定因素。计量经济学分析的结果表明:(1)产业间的收入差距构成了农户参与非农业活动的“拉力”;(2)较高的文化水平、邻近城镇和较发达的商品农业能促进农户参与非农业经营;(3)土地的短缺对非农业活动的参与构成了一种“推力”;(4)较好的土地质量能促使农户专注于农业经营,抑制其参与非农业的倾向;(5)非农户和纯农户之间的收入差距主要由非农业经营和农业经营的收益率的差异决定。

Using survey data from Hubei province,this article examines the determinants of participation in non-agricultural activities in rural China.The econometric results show that the income gap serves as the major pulling factor that favors non-farm participation.Education,proximity to a city and developed commercial farming are crucial for rural households to participate in non-farm production;while the land shortage or the labor surplus serves as the pushing factor to non-farm participation.Better quality of land reduces non-agricultural activity participation propensity.The income gap between households participating in non-farm activities and pure farming households is mainly determined by the differences in returns to the two kinds of economic activities.