Open AccessForestland transfer between rural households in Jiangxi, China: Differentiated effects of actual and perceived tenure security
Author(s) -
Liu Xiaojin,
Huang Longjunjiang,
Du Juan,
Xie Fangting,
Zhu Shubin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
natural resource modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1939-7445
pISSN - 0890-8575
DOI - 10.1111/nrm.12327
Subject(s) - renting , tobit model , china , business , government (linguistics) , land tenure , survey data collection , logit , agricultural economics , public economics , economic growth , economics , socioeconomics , agriculture , geography , econometrics , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , political science , law
Abstract This study analyzes the potentially differentiated impacts of actual and perceived tenure security on rural households' forestland transfer behavior. Logit and Tobit models were estimated using repeated survey data from 505 households in 50 villages of Jiangxi Province during 2017–2018. The results show that there is a great difference in the influence of actual and perceived tenure security on the transfer behavior. Issuing forest tenure certificates promotes the renting out of forestland by households but has no significant effect on forestland renting in. Meanwhile, perceived tenure security has a significant effect on forestland transfer behavior. Households' understanding and evaluation of the existing tenure policy also has a significantly positive impact on household's rent‐out behavior. Further, the logging quota system has a significantly negative effect on household's renting in and out behavior. Our analysis suggests that the government should strive to improve the awareness of rural families regarding forest tenure policy and that the logging quota should be modified to incentivize farmers' active participation in forest management.