Gains and losses: Does farmland acquisition harm farmers’ welfare?

• Published in: Land use policy Vol. 86; pp. 78 - 90
• Main Authors: Wang, Dazhe, Qian, Wenrong, Guo, Xiaolin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agriculture; Compensation; Deprivation; Economic models; Farmers; Farms; Farmworkers; Happiness; Households; Housework; Income; Labor; Labor market; Labor supply; Land acquisition; Land purchases; Land reform; Land use; Property rights; Urbanization; China; Happiness; Q15; D13; Income; Urbanization; Land reform; Land acquisition

•We study the impacts of farmland acquisition on household income and happiness.•Land acquisition increases household total income but reduces individual happiness.•The positive income effect is significant only in the eastern region of China.•Compensation inequality has a negative effect on happine...