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The effect of off‐farm employment on the decisions of households to rent out and rent in cultivated land in China

Huang, Jikun; Gao, Liangliang; Rozelle, Scott - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 5-17

China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a panel data from 2000 and 2008, the authors constructed econometric models to …

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Pesticide use and farmers' health in China's rice production

Qiao, Fangbin; Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Linxiu; Rozelle, Scott - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 4, pp. 468-484

Purpose – The purpose of this study is trying to document and examine the impacts of pesticide use on farmers' health. Different from previous studies, the paper is not only going to focus on the visible effect, but also the invisible effect. At the same time, the paper is going to divided the...

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Project design, village governance and infrastructure quality in rural China

Liu, Chengfang; Zhang, Linxiu; Huang, Jikun; Luo, Renfu; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 2, pp. 248-280

Purpose – This paper aims to explain why the quality of infrastructure projects in rural China differs from village to …/methodology/approach – Using primary data collected by the authors on three types of infrastructure projects in villages across China, they created …

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Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China

Cui, Qi; Huang, Jikun - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 1, pp. 2-13

/methodology/approach The study’s data are drawn from a household survey conducted in rural China. Multivariate analysis examines the impacts of …

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Rural domestic waste disposal: an empirical analysis in five provinces of China

Liu, Ying; Huang, Jikun - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 4, pp. 558-573

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different types of domestic waste disposal in rural China and the … sampled household data are used to describe the disposal of domestic waste in rural China, including domestic garbage and …

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A comparative analysis of agricultural research and extension reforms in China and India

Babu, Suresh Chandra; Huang, Jikun; Venkatesh, P.; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 4, pp. 541-572

China and India in order to draw out lessons applicable to developing countries. This paper first reviews the existing … and comparative analysis of the reforms and approaches implemented in the AR & E systems of China and India. The authors … different impacts on the effectiveness of the system. Lessons from the reformation of the AR & E systems in China and India can …

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Scientists’ attitudes toward agricultural GM technology development and GM food in China

Huang, Jikun; Peng, Bowen; Wang, Xiaobing - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 369-384

food. The purpose of this paper is to assess scientists’ attitudes on whether China needs to develop its national … national academies in China in 2013. Based on these data, the authors use both descriptive statistics and multivariate … example of GM foods. Findings The survey results show that nearly three-quarters of scientists agree that China needs to …

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Economic impacts of commercializing insect-resistant GM maize in China

Xie, Wei; Ali, Tariq; Cui, Qi; Huang, Jikun - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 340-354

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential economic impacts of China’s insect-resistant GM maize and …-resistant GM maize increases crop yield and reduces both pesticide and labor inputs. In national terms, China can increase its GDP … by USD8.6 billion and maize self-sufficiency by about 2 percent given normal insect pest attacks if China commercializes …

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Attitudes toward GM foods, biotechnology R&D investment and lobbying activities among agribusiness firms in the food, feed, chemical and seed industries in China

Deng, Haiyan; Hu, Ruifa; Huang, Jikun; Pray, Carl; Jin, … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 385-396

Purpose Economic interest groups such as seed, pesticide, feed, and food companies play an important role in supporting or preventing the production of genetically modified (GM) crops. The purpose of this paper is to examine firm managers’ attitudes toward GM technology, biotechnology R&D...

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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - 2015

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …

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