This study investigates the impact of the land rental market (LRM) on labor productivity in rural China. Particular attention is given to farm and non-farm labor productivity. Using 2012 household-level data and a multinomial endogenous switching treatment regression (MESTR) technique, we find...

In the recent wake of the Sustainable Development Goals introduced by the United Nations, the topic of green innovation has achieved much attention. This study aims to explore the impact of green innovation on trade credit activities. The empirical analysis was conducted by sampling ten years of...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...