Move out of the land: certification and migration in China
利用中国农村住户调查数据，研究土地确权对农村劳动力迁移、土地租赁市场及家庭收入消费的影响，发现确权促进了城乡迁移和土地市场活跃，尤其对年轻群体效果更显著。
Abstract Motivated by the emphasis on securing property rights as an important tool for the efficient allocation of resources, including land and labour, we use three rounds of China Rural Household Panel Survey data to assess the impact of a land certification programme (LCP) on the labour and land allocation in rural China. We find that the LCP results in increased rural–urban migration, more active land rental markets, as well as higher household income and consumption in rural China. These effects vary with age and are larger for younger individuals and households with heads aged 50 years or younger. Improving property rights could be a central task for the Chinese government to tackle issues related to labour and land misallocation.