Influencing Factors of Rural Households' Labor Input in Cultivated Land An Empirical Analysis Based on Rural Household Survey , QIAN Sheng YANG Gangqiao , , , College of Economics and Management Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan Hubei 430070 China
Abstract The farmer's input of labor force in cultivated land affects the agricultural economic growth and food security. Based on , the questionnaire survey of 672 rural households of 9 counties in Hubei province this paper analyzes the influencing factors of rural households' labor input in cultivated land using regression analysis method. The result indicates that urbanization makes a great in- , , fluence on rural households' labor input most of agricultural workers are middle aged and elderly people and the overall educa- tional level is not high. Farmers' behavior of agricultural production inputs is rational and is in line with the principle para- tive advantage and risk avoidance. Rural households' labor input in cultivated land is affec