Transferability of hometown landholdings and rural migrants’ entrepreneurship: evidence from a pilot rural land use reform in China

Mingzhi Hu, Jie Chen · 2024 · International Journal of Urban Sciences

Summary. A pilot rural land reform in China between 2015 and 2018 increased the transferability of hometown landholdings by raising expropriation compensation and allowing land transactions. Rural migrants from these pilot areas showed 5–7 percentage points higher entrepreneurship rates in destination cities. The reform particularly boosted necessity-based rather than opportunity-based entrepreneurship, with stronger effects on middle-aged and married migrants. The findings demonstrate how rural land policy directly influences urban entrepreneurial activity.

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  author  = {Mingzhi Hu and Jie Chen},
  journal = {International Journal of Urban Sciences},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.1080/12265934.2023.2301100},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2023.2301100}
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DOI

10.1080/12265934.2023.2301100

Countries

China

Regions

Asia

Categories

entrepreneurship, policy, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28