In rural areas of many developing countries, including China, people do not have the chance to retire, but rather have …

This paper provides evidence regarding gains to agricultural market liberalization in China. We empirically identify … the different effects that incentive reforms and gradual market liberalization have on China's agricultural economy during …

rural China. After we describe investment patterns across different regions of rural China, we use a theoretical model to … descriptive findings. We test the hypotheses using household data collected in rural China in 2000 and find that in poorer areas …

developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50 percent of …