畜牧业社会化服务对牧户劳动力配置的影响研究OACHSSCD

Against the backdrop of growing labor shortages in pastoral areas,the mechanism through which socialized animal husbandry services shape herders' labor allocation remains insufficiently explored.Based on micro-survey data collected from pastoral regions in Inner Mongolia,we empirically examines the impacts of socialized animal husbandry services on herders' labor allocation decisions.The results indicate that access to such services facilitates two types of labor reallocation:intra-industry adjustment within animal husbandry and inter-industry transfer to non-pastoral sectors.Heterogeneity analysis reveals that younger or well-educated herders with abundant social capital are more inclined to shift labor to secondary and tertiary industries,whereas older or less educated herders with limited social resources tend to redeploy labor within livestock production chains.Further mechanism tests verify that growth in operational income from animal husbandry serves as a partial mediator linking participation in socialized services to labor restructuring.Accordingly,governments and service suppliers shall improve the quality and coverage of socialized animal husbandry services,deliver targeted employment support for heterogeneous herder groups,and optimize the allocation of pastoral labor via vocational training,production subsidies and scaled livestock operation.