Can capable village cadres promote rural revitalization? An empirical study based on 611 village-level data from Shandong Province, China

IF 7 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-21 DOI:10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103599

Jiawei Wang , Xia Kuang , Weiyi Sun , Hailan Qiu , Jindi Qiao

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Abstract

As a crucial link between the state and rural society, village cadres serve as a key force in promoting the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Based on 611 village-level samples collected in Shandong Province, China, this study develops a theoretical framework to examine how capable village cadres contribute to rural revitalization. Using OLS regression models, the analysis focuses on five dimensions: industrial development, environmental protection, public infrastructure, grassroots governance, and collective economy. The results show that capable village cadres with business experience have a significant positive impact on rural revitalization, a finding supported by robustness and endogeneity tests. Further analysis reveals that the effect is more pronounced in villages with smaller population sizes or where village cadres do not hold hybrid identities. Accordingly, this study recommends improving the selection and training mechanisms for village cadres, encouraging individuals with business experience to participate in grassroots governance based on local conditions, and fully leveraging their strengths in resource integration and governance enhancement to promote the effective implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.

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有能力的村干部能推动乡村振兴吗？基于山东省611个村级数据的实证研究

村干部作为国家与乡村社会联系的纽带，是推动乡村振兴战略实施的关键力量。基于山东省611个村级样本，本研究构建了一个理论框架来考察村干部对乡村振兴的贡献。运用OLS回归模型对产业发展、环境保护、公共基础设施、基层治理和集体经济五个维度进行分析。结果表明，具有创业经验的村干部对乡村振兴具有显著的正向影响，这一结果得到了鲁棒性和内生性检验的支持。进一步的分析表明，在人口规模较小或村干部不具有混合身份的村庄，这种影响更为明显。因此，本研究建议完善村干部选拔和培训机制，鼓励有创业经验的个人因地制宜参与基层治理，充分发挥其在资源整合和治理提升方面的优势，促进乡村振兴战略的有效实施。

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Habitat International Multiple-

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10.50

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10.30%

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151

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions.