Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the economic arguments for and against raising the tariff on imports … of cotton into China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews first the possible arguments for raising the tariff … tariff on cotton has been a subject of intense debate in China and this paper is intended to provide an input into this …

significantly impacted its soybean and soybean oil imports. Seasonality is detected in China's soybean imports, but not in soybean …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil from both … estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil. The empirical demand estimates are then used to derive …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the economic arguments for and against raising the tariff on imports … of cotton into China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews first the possible arguments for raising the tariff … tariff on cotton has been a subject of intense debate in China and this paper is intended to provide an input into this …

significantly impacted its soybean and soybean oil imports. Seasonality is detected in China's soybean imports, but not in soybean …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil from both … estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil. The empirical demand estimates are then used to derive …

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 – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … DLES in the first stage and a LA/DAIDS in the second stage. Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China … urban household surveys, The authors estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings …

Purpose – This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of … agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China … well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for …

household survey in rural China, this paper aims to examine the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of two major … durable goods consumption conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the authors examine the likelihood of …

Purpose – The social safety net of health care insurance is rapidly expanding in rural China. New Rural Cooperative …