Abstract
With rapid urbanization and industry development, China has witnessed substantial land acquisition. Using the rural household survey data, this paper examines the impact of land expropriation on land-lost farmers’ self-reported health with the ordered probit model and investigates the possible mechanisms. The results show that the land expropriation puts higher health risks over those land-lost farmers and the health status of land-lost farmers is significantly worse than that of those with land. Land expropriation has a negative impact on the land-lost farmer’s health through income effects and psychological effects. The health status of land-lost farmers can be enhanced through amending current land requisition policies, increasing the amount of compensation, improving the earning capacity of land-lost farmers and strengthening mental health education.
Highlights
With the advancement and acceleration of industrialization and urbanization in China, the expropriation of land caused a large number of farmers to leave their land and become the land-lost farmers
We mainly focused on the effect of land expropriation on the health status of rural households
This paper, using micro data derived from a questionnaire rural household survey in Chengdu, analyzes whether land expropriation affects the health status of rural residents and investigates the possible mechanisms by ordered probit model, exploring a new research angle
Summary
With the advancement and acceleration of industrialization and urbanization in China, the expropriation of land caused a large number of farmers to leave their land and become the land-lost farmers. After the expropriation of farmers’ land, the land-lost farmers face pressure from the economic model, social interaction and other aspects of change and re-adaptation requirements, which may have an impact on the health of the farmers, including physical and mental health. The research on whether land expropriation has any effect on the health of farmers is still relatively rare. We would like to know if there is any health risk of land-lost farmers under the background of urbanization. What are the health effects of land expropriation on rural residents? What are the health effects of land expropriation on rural residents? Are these effects positive or negative? What are the formation mechanisms and the channels of influence? Is the influence on the farmers with different gender and socio-economic status consistent?
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