The impact of grassland ecological compensation policy on overgrazing behavior of herdsmen with non-pastoral employment: evidence from Inner Mongolia, China

IntroductionThe Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP) not only improves the grassland ecosystem, but also encourages more and more full-time herdsmen to take up non-pastoral employment. This raises an important question: does non-pastoral employment have a differential impact on overgrazin...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Main Authors:	Wenjie Ouyang, Fang Ju, Jiali Han, Zhiyi Gai, Bao Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	grassland ecological compensation policy (GECP) overgrazing non-pastoral employment difference-in-differences model (DID) farmer model
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1605850/full