The Influence of Agricultural Subsidies Reform on Grain Production Efficiency: from the Perspective of Farmers Who Rented-in land
ZHANG Yazhou1, CHEN Zhuo1, YANG Junxiao2, LIU Yan3
1. School of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; 2. School of Public Administration, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; 3. Business School, Southwest University, Chongqing 402460, China
Abstract Based on the data of China Labor Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) from 2016 to 2018, this paper uses the first difference model to examine the impact of agricultural subsidies reform on grain production efficiency from the perspective of farmers who rented-in land. The results are as follows: (1) Agricultural subsidies reform significantly improve the grain production efficiency. In terms of internal composition, agricultural subsidies reform have a stronger effect on scale efficiency than that of technical efficiency, and this finding still holds after various robustness tests and controlling for endogeneity problems; (2) Mechanism tests show that agricultural subsidies reform mainly improve grain production efficiency by promoting farmers to expand the scale of land transfer-in, increase investment in agricultural production, and improve agricultural mechanization; (3) The impact of agricultural subsidies reform on grain production efficiency shows certain heterogeneity. The reform plays a greater role in large-scale, strong mobility constraints, and non-major grain producing areas. The findings are helpful to identify the intrinsic relationship between agricultural subsidies reform and grain production efficiency improvement, and provide empirical evidences for further improving agricultural subsidy policies to ensure food security.
ZHANG Yazhou,CHEN Zhuo,YANG Junxiao et al. The Influence of Agricultural Subsidies Reform on Grain Production Efficiency: from the Perspective of Farmers Who Rented-in land. Economic Survey, 2023, 40(5): 036.
2023, Vol. 40 
