High-Quality Farm and Poverty Alleviation
研究中国高标准农田建设对农村人均收入的影响，发现短期项目通过机械和化肥等投入提高作物产量，进而增加收入。
<h3>Abstract</h3> To evaluate large-scale publicly-funded projects aiming at improving farmland quality, we study the income effects of China’s High-standard Farmland Construction Program. We exploit the implementation of the program and conduct a difference-in-differences analysis. We find that the program improved per capita income for rural populations, mainly through short-term projects. We find that crop production gains driven by complementary inputs including machinery and fertilizer, combined with efficient land allocation rather than labor allocation, are the primary mechanisms that account for the impacts of this policy.