Abstract
Based on a survey of the poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) farmers in China, this paper aims to investigate the relationship between the expected value, perceived value and regret mood of the relocated farmers. The results show that the expected value can positively affect the perceived value, and the latter negatively impact the regret mood of the PAR farmers. On average, the farmers with regret and non-regret sentiments are approximately fifty/fifty in percentage terms. Internal factors, such as demand levels, and external factors, such as relocation costs, also have significant effects on the regret mood of farmers after they have relocated. However, those factors have significant differences in their impacts on poor and non-poor households. Several political implications are also provided.
Highlights
The purpose of poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) is to encourage farmers in rural poverty-stricken areas to relocate to help improve their living conditions [1,2]
Drawing on those perspectives, using a survey in Jiangxi Province in China, we examine how the expected and perceived value of relocation can influence the mood of the relocated farmers, shedding light on the analysis of expectations for the work of relocation
The perceived value had a significant influence on the regret mood for non-poor and poor households
Summary
The purpose of poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) is to encourage farmers in rural poverty-stricken areas to relocate to help improve their living conditions [1,2]. Relocation can force those farmers that are affected to face many challenges in terms of the changes in their lifestyles [3], living patterns [4] and cultural practices [5,6] in their new living environments. As they hate the change, some people in poverty-stricken areas may hold a negative attitude towards relocation. The discomfort caused by the expected changes might induce the relocated farmers to want to return to their original poverty-stricken places, resulting in the failure of the relocation projects. Drawing on those perspectives, using a survey in Jiangxi Province in China, we examine how the expected and perceived value of relocation can influence the mood of the relocated farmers, shedding light on the analysis of expectations for the work of relocation
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