How Social Networks Affect Farmers’ Willingness to Withdraw from Homesteads: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

The orderly withdrawal from rural homesteads is an important path for the smooth promotion of rural revitalization and new urbanization. This study aims to explore the influence and mechanism of social networks on the willingness of farm households to withdraw from homesteads. The study is based on...

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Published inAgriculture (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 5; p. 673
Main Authors Guo, Youlin, Zhang, Rongtian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2024
Subjects
Age differences
Behavior
Construction
countermeasure suggestion
Economic development
Efficiency
Farmers
Generational differences
homestead
Households
Hypotheses
Logit models
mediating effect
Mediation
Regeneration
Regional development
Registration
Resilience
Rural areas
Social interactions
social network
Social networks
Social organization
Society
Strategic planning
Urbanization
willingness to withdraw
China
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Summary:The orderly withdrawal from rural homesteads is an important path for the smooth promotion of rural revitalization and new urbanization. This study aims to explore the influence and mechanism of social networks on the willingness of farm households to withdraw from homesteads. The study is based on a sample of 1971 farmer households in Jiangsu Province and analyzes the data using the logit model and mediation effect model. The results show that the social network has a significant positive effect on farmers’ willingness to withdraw from homesteads. As the social network expands, the probability for forming the willingness to withdraw from the homestead is higher for farmers with weaker social networks. In addition, the effect of social networks is different according to the level of regional economic development. The mechanism analysis suggests that social networks can indirectly increase the willingness to withdraw from homesteads by improving farmers’ risk resilience. Based on these findings, this study puts forward targeted policy recommendations: focusing on the cultivation and enhancement of farmers’ social networks, strengthening farmers’ risk resilience, and designing differentiated homestead exit policies.
ISSN:2077-0472
2077-0472
DOI:10.3390/agriculture14050673