The sloping land conversion program in China: effect on the livelihood diversification of rural households

TY - JOUR

T1 - The sloping land conversion program in China

T2 - effect on the livelihood diversification of rural households

AU - Liu, Zhen

AU - Lan, Jing

PY - 2015/6/1

Y1 - 2015/6/1

N2 - Through addressing the motivations behind rural households’ livelihood diversification, this paper examines the effect of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on livelihood diversification using a longitudinal household survey data set spanning the overall implementation of the SLCP. Our results show that the SLCP works as a valid external policy intervention to increase rural livelihood diversification. In addition, the findings demonstrate that the implementation of the SLCP has had heterogeneous effects on livelihood diversification across different rural income groups. The lower income group was more affected by the program in terms of income diversification.

AB - Through addressing the motivations behind rural households’ livelihood diversification, this paper examines the effect of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on livelihood diversification using a longitudinal household survey data set spanning the overall implementation of the SLCP. Our results show that the SLCP works as a valid external policy intervention to increase rural livelihood diversification. In addition, the findings demonstrate that the implementation of the SLCP has had heterogeneous effects on livelihood diversification across different rural income groups. The lower income group was more affected by the program in terms of income diversification.

KW - Sloping Land Conversion Program

KW - China

KW - livelihood diversification

KW - income diversity index

KW - identification condition

KW - difference in differences

U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.01.004

DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.01.004

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0305-750X

VL - 70

SP - 147

EP - 161

JO - World Development

JF - World Development

ER -