Abstract
This paper found the optimization direction of ecological compensation project from the perspective of farmers’ well-being. Based on the data of 2016 China Labor Force Dynamic Survey (CLDS2016), this paper uses the ordered Probit model to investigate the impact of the Grain for Green Program on farmers’ subjective well-being. The study found that the Grain for Green Program significantly reduced farmers’ subjective well-being. Further research found that the Grain for Green Program ultimately inhibited the subjective well-being of farmers by reducing the subjective perception of air, soil and noise pollution, intensifying the subjective perception of water pollution and reducing the per capita income of households. In the new round of the Grain for Green Program in the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, it is advisable to increase the intensity of income compensation, strengthen supervision to ensure the payment of compensation to households, and control the scale of the project based on ecological foundation, so as to improve the well-being of farmers.
Highlights
Building happy villages is a key task in China’s rural revitalization strategy, and it is an inevitable choice for China to pursue the quality and efficiency of economic development
In order to measure the level of subjective environmental pollution, this part is based on the questions in the questionnaire about air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution and noise pollution: “How serious do you think the following questions are in the place where you live?” “not serious at all,” “not too serious,” “more serious,” and “not serious at all,” which are assigned as 4, 3, 2, and 1 in sequence according to the answers provided by the farmers
Under the comprehensive effect of various paths, the Grain for Green Program suppressed the subjective wellbeing of farmers
Summary
Building happy villages is a key task in China’s rural revitalization strategy, and it is an inevitable choice for China to pursue the quality and efficiency of economic development. It has become the priority governance goal of local governments at all levels. Understanding China’s ecological compensation project is the key to building happy villages and implementing the rural revitalization strategy. Farmers’ Well-Being compensation project and create happy villages, it is urgent to evaluate the impact of China’s Grain for Green Program on farmers’ well-being, and deepen the understanding of its mechanism, so as to optimize the policy choices. The marginal contributions of this paper may lie in: (1) It provides the direct statistical evidence of relationship between Grain for Green Program and farmers’ well-being for the first time and find that the Grain for Green Program significantly inhibits farmers’ well-being. (2) Based on the survey data at the national level, it provides the evidence that the Grain for Green Program reduces farmers’ income. (3) Policy suggestions were provided to optimize the Grain for Green Program to improve farmers’ well-being
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