Abstract
In recent years, rapid urbanization in China has led to land transformation and unequal social and economic development among rural collective land in different regions. Although there has been considerable research on land development in China, there is a lack of studies on the socioeconomic impacts of unequal collective land development on rural elders. This research investigates collective land support, family support, and social support among the elderly in three types of villages—urban, suburban, and remote—in China’s Pearl River Delta. The findings show that land support retains an important factor for supporting the rural elderly, while family support is in steep decline, and social elderly support offers low coverage. However, land support differs greatly with location, and only urban villages in central locations with high land values are found to provide adequate land support for the rural elderly. The key influential factor of land income has shifted from land quantity to land location, and there now appears to be a need to adjust relevant land, fiscal, and taxation policies for collective land in different locations.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 606 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-16 |
| Journal | Land |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:In the past few decades, urban and rural families have experienced rapid transfor‐ areas was significantly higher than the expected number, whereas the observed number of mation, including new lifestyles and lowered birth rates, which have led to weakened elderly people in remote villages who received support from their offspring was slightly family support [34]. However, studies have shown that family support remains more im‐ higher than the expected number. This indicates that elderly people in urban villages may portant in rural areas than in urbanized areas [35]. This study empirically evaluates this have their own sources of income and are no longer dependent on their offspring, whereas issue from the perspective of location differences. The findings of this research show that financial support from offspring (family elderly support) is limited. The average amount of family support for the elderly is 378.9 yuan per month, accounting for 30.3% of the elderly’s monthly income, and family contribution to elderly medical expenses only com‐ prisesfrom childr27.8%en ofin threiremote totalvillages medical(the expenumbernses. of elderly receiving 500 yuan per month or Specific to interviewee location, the non‐parametric test showed that the observed number of elderly people who did not receive assistance from their offspring in urban areas was significantly higher than the expected number, whereas the observed number of elderly people in remote villages who received support from their offspring was slightly higher than the expected number. This indicates that elderly people in urban vil‐ lages may have their own sources of income and are no longer dependent on their off‐ spring, whereas the elderly in non‐urbanized areas are more dependent on the support of
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Keywords
- collective land
- locational differences
- socioeconomic impacts
- elderly support
- China
