@article{51596,
  author = {Xiaohang Zhao and Yu Xie},
  title = {The effect of land expropriation on local political trust in China},
  abstract = {<p>Capitalizing on longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this study investigates the effect of land\&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/expropriations">expropriation</a>\&nbsp;on local political trust in China. Results from individual fixed-effects models reveal that first-time land\&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/expropriations">expropriation</a>\&nbsp;lowered farmers{\textquoteright} trust in local cadres. Moreover, we find two mechanisms underlying the relationship between land expropriation and local political trust: subjective quality of life and negative cadre{\textendash}public interactions. Specifically, land expropriation reduced farmers{\textquoteright}\&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/life-satisfaction">life satisfaction</a>, subjective social status, and confidence about the future and increased their chances of having conflicts with officials and experiencing government inefficiency, thereby diminishing farmers{\textquoteright} trust in local cadres. In addition, auxiliary analysis based on data from the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) 2013 suggests that entitling land-expropriated farmers to upgraded pension insurance improved their happiness. Our findings confirm an adverse effect of land expropriation on local political trust and generate some policy implications.</p>
},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Land Use Policy},
  volume = {114},
  pages = {105966},
  month = {03/2022},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105966},
}