Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …

Purpose – With the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural …

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

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 …

northwest China. Design/methodology/approach – Using hemoglobin (Hb) levels as the outcome variable, the authors first measure … itself, one of the policy implications of this study is that malnutrition is still a serious problem in China and it is worse …

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss whether the younger generation of China's rural labor force is prepared, in terms … of education level or labor quality, for the future labor markets under China's industrial upgrading. Design …, and some policy implications are made. Findings – This paper finds that China's young rural laborers are generally poorly …

Purpose – Since 1999, China has undergone reform of its healthcare system. City-based social health insurance (SHI) is … cooperative medical system (NCMS) was introduced in 1993 and extended to cover the whole of rural China in 2003. Design … in China for urban citizens and rural residents separately. Least square and logistic regressions are employed. Findings …

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss whether the younger generation of China's rural labor force is prepared, in terms … of education level or labor quality, for the future labor markets under China's industrial upgrading. Design …, and some policy implications are made. Findings – This paper finds that China's young rural laborers are generally poorly …

Purpose – Since 1999, China has undergone reform of its healthcare system. City‐based social health insurance (SHI) is … cooperative medical system (NCMS) was introduced in 1993 and extended to cover the whole of rural China in 2003. Design … in China for urban citizens and rural residents separately. Least square and logistic regressions are employed. Findings …