China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 13 Issue 2

Editorial

H. Holly Wang

Contributions of Chinese doctoral recipients from foreign universities to agricultural economic research and education in North America and China

Qingbin Wang, H. Holly Wang, Junbiao Zhang

This paper traces the timeline and milestones of Chinese graduate students in agricultural economics and related fields at foreign universities, with an emphasis on North American…

Regional rural and structural transformations and farmer's income in the past four decades in China

Jikun Huang, Pengfei Shi

The purposes of this paper are to analyze the path and speed of rural transformation (RT) and explore the relationship between farmer's income and RT as well as structural…

Early child development and caregiver subjective well-being in rural China

Renfu Luo, Qijia Lyu, Scott Rozelle, Shun Wang

This study aims to bridge the gaps in the existing literature by studying the links between children's development and the subjective well-being of the caregivers using first-hand…

The Great Western Development policy: how it affected grain crop production, land use and rural poverty in western China

Pei Li, Ye Tian, JunJie Wu, Wenchao Xu

The purpose of this paper evaluates the effects of the Great Western Development (GWD) policy on agricultural intensification, land use, agricultural production and rural poverty…

The evolution of China's rural labor market in the 21st century: an empirical study based on nationally representative survey data at the household level

Tonglong Zhang, Xiaowen Huang, Lina Zhang, Linxiu Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to assess the development of China's rural labor markets and the identification of the important factors that affect rural labor's off-farm employment…

Location and economic resilience in rubber farming communities in southwest China

Shaoze Jin, Jikun Huang, Hermann Waibel

In rural areas, geographic location is key to market access and labor mobility of farm households. This paper aims to investigate the opportunities and constraints of smallholder…

Effects of the poverty alleviation relocation program on diet quality among low-income households

Huanguang Qiu, Ganxiao Leng, Xiaolong Feng, Sansi Yang

This paper aims to examine impacts of the poverty alleviation relocation (PAR) program on diet quality of low-income households in China. We explore the impact mechanism of…

The impact of health insurance on healthcare service use and costs: evidence from rural China

Yiqiu Wang, Maria Porter, Songqing Jin

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of introducing a health insurance program in rural China between 2004 and 2006, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS).

The role of e-commerce in the urban food system under COVID-19: lessons from China

Hongdong Guo, Yehong Liu, Xinjie Shi, Kevin Z. Chen

The purpose of this study is to investigate e-commerce as a new means to ensure that the urban demand for food can be met during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak…

Heterogeneous choice in the demand for agriculture credit in China: results from an in-the-field choice experiment

Rong Kong, Yanling Peng, Nan Meng, Hong Fu, Li Zhou, Yuehua Zhang, Calum Greig Turvey

In this study, the authors examined demand-side credit in rural China with the aims of understanding attribute preferences and the willingness of farmers to pay for credit.

Does digital inclusive finance promote agricultural production for rural households in China? Research based on the Chinese family database (CFD)

Yang Liu, Chunyu Liu, Mi Zhou

The development of digital inclusive finance appears to be able to solve the difficulty of traditional finance, which cannot completely cover agriculture and farmers and provides…

Chinese consumers’ willingness-to-pay for nutrition claims on processed meat products, using functional sausages as a food medium

Xinyi Hong, Chenguang Li, Junfei Bai, Zhifeng Gao, Liming Wang

Following the standard practice of using nutrition claims to denote food functionality, this study empirically explores Chinese consumers’ willingness-to-pay for functional…