3.3.1. Dependent Variable

The dependent variable in this paper is the area of land subcontracted to individuals for a fee. Land transfer is divided into transfer-in and transfer-out, and the CHIP2013 data also mention both transfer-out and take-over in the section of management rights flow. For inward contracting, only the total area of inward contracting and the average price per mu of inward contracting were asked, while for outward contracting, the area, price, and destination of outward contracting were asked in detail. The destination of subcontracted land was asked separately for the area of land subcontracted to individuals with compensation, the area of land subcontracted to individuals without compensation, the area of land subcontracted to enterprises or large agricultural households, and the area subcontracted to village collectives with or without compensation. In conjunction with the research theme, this paper focuses on the effect of household structure on the area of land subcontracted to individuals with compensation. There are two main reasons for this: first, most of the subcontracting without compensation belongs to the subcontracting between neighbors and relatives, and there are fewer interests; secondly, the subcontracting to enterprises or large agricultural households and village collectives is not an individual and family decision, but more of an overall regional planning, and the subcontracting area and price are roughly the same as the situation in the region, so the influence of family structure is not obvious. Based on this, the dependent variable of this paper is the area of land subcontracted to individuals for a fee.
