高标准农田建设的农地流转市场转型效应

The Effect of Well-Facilitated Farmland Construction on Farmland Rental Market Transformation

鲜有研究系统分析高标准农田建设对农地流转市场转型的影响及其作用机制。本文从耕地质量提高、农业生产节本增收、农地交易价值提升的传导途径,构建了高标准农田建设促进农地流转市场转型的理论分析框架,采用2020年和2022年中国乡村振兴综合调查10省份50个县(市、区)304个村4264个地块的混合截面数据,定量分析高标准农田建设对农地流转市场转型的影响及其作用机制,并揭示出不同现实情境下高标准农田建设的异质性效应。研究结果表明:高标准农田建设不仅减少了熟人间非市场交易,而且促进了地块租赁约定期限,增加了农地有偿流转的可能性。机制分析结果显示:高标准农田建设主要通过提升耕地质量水平、节省农业生产成本、增加农业生产收益和提高农地交易价值的方式,促进农地流转市场转型。异质性分析结果发现:对于东部地区和东北地区的村庄、自利偏好型的农户,高标准农田建设更有利于促进农地流转市场转型;地权不稳定和外出务工经历弱化了高标准农田建设对农地流转市场转型的影响。

Few studies have systematically analyzed the impact of the construction of well-facilitated farmland on the transformation of farmland rental markets and its mechanisms.This paper constructs a theoretical framework illustrating that the construction of well-facilitated farmland promotes the transformation of farmland rental markets through channels of improving the quality of farmland,reducing agricultural production costs and increasing revenue,and enhancing the value of farmland transactions.Using a pooled cross-sectional data of 4264 farmland plots from 304 villages across 50 counties in 10 provinces from the China Rural Revitalization Survey(CRRS)in 2020 and 2022,we quantitatively analyze the impact of the construction of well-facilitated farmland on the transformation of farmland rental markets,and reveals the heterogeneous effects of the construction of well-facilitated farmland in different situations.The results are as follows.(I)The construction of well-facilitated farmland not only reduces non-market transactions among acquaintances,but also promotes the agreed term of land lease and increases the possibility of paid transfer of agricultural land.(2)Mechanism test indicates that the construction of well-facilitated farmland promotes the transformation of farmland rental markets by improving the farmland quality,reducing agricultural production cost,increasing agricultural revenue,and improving the farmland transaction values.(3)The heterogeneity analysis shows that for villages in eastern and northeast China and farmers with self-interested preferences,the construction of well-facilitated farmland much more significantly promotes the transformation of farmland rental markets.On the contrary,the instability of farmland rights and the experiences of being migrant workers to some extent weaken the promotion effect of well-facilitated farmland construction.