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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (1): 59-73.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220729

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Influence of Socialized Forestry Services on the Income Gap of Rural Households

Wenmei Liao1,Jing Lin1,Yueqin Shen2,Fanbin Kong2,3,*   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University/Jiangxi Academy of Rural Revitalization Nanchang 330045
    2. Institute of Ecological Civilization, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University/Zhejiang Institute of Rural Revitalization/School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou 311300
    3. School of Economic Management, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037
  • Received:2022-10-27 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-02-24
  • Contact: Fanbin Kong

Abstract:

Objective: To narrow the income gaps among farmers is an important link to achieve common prosperity in rural areas.Quantitative analysis of the impact of socialized forestry services on the income gap of peasant households and its mechanism was conducted to improve the socialized forestry service system in the new era and new journey and to help achieve the common prosperity of rural planning and policy decision-making. Methods: Based on the theories of division of labor and specialization effect, optimization of family labor allocation and promotion of forestland circulation and management, the analysis framework of the impact of socialization of forestry services on household income gap of farmers was constructed.The survey data of 2 413 households in Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi provinces (region) were used and the unconditional quantile regression model was applied to test the impact of socialized forestry services on household income gap, as well as to analyze the difference and decomposition effect of different adoption degrees of socialized forestry services. Results: 1) Socialized forestry services had a significant increase effect on the income level of farmer households, and the increase effect on low-income households was greater, which was conducive to narrowing the income gap of farmers' households.2) There were significant differences in the marginal contribution of socialized forestry services to the household income of farmers with different income levels.The socialized forestry services could significantly reduce the Gini coefficient, and the lower the income level, the greater the marginal contribution, the socialized forestry services could help narrow the income gap of rural households.3) The coefficient effect dominated the widening of rural household income gap.Among them, whether the head of the household is a village cadre, the proportion of forestry income, the degree of woodland fragmentation, the distance between the village and the county town, and the terrain were the main factors affecting the coefficient effect at the income levels of Q10-Q90.4) The average adoption degree of socialized forestry services was 0.354, and forestry socialized services had a good income increase effect on households with low adoption level, and the income gap of households was mainly dominated by the characteristic effect. Conclusions: It needs to attach great importance and give full play to the positive role of socialized forestry services in reducing the income gaps among farm households, through continuous improvement of supportive policies on demand and supply of socialized forestry services for low-income farmer households, implementation of targeted incentives to stimulate and encourage farmers to actively adopt socialized forestry services to form a "demand promotes supply and supply drives demand" virtuous cycle pattern.

Key words: socialized forestry service, common prosperity, household income gap, unconditional quantile regression

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