Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of dietary transition patterns and a discussion of the food-related health issues in China. Design/methodology/approach: The paper builds on a review of the existing literature on food consumption and diet changes in China, and...

Purpose: Following the standard practice of using nutrition claims to denote food functionality, this study empirically explores Chinese consumers’ willingness-to-pay for functional processed meat products by using three nutrition claims (namely “increased calcium,” “containing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing household food consumption away from home in Beijing by type of food facility and type of meal. Design/methodology/approach – Derived from the Becker's household production and consumption theory, the authors...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income sensitivity of food consumption in Beijing, China, using an original household survey data set collected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Design/methodology/approach – An Engel curve model is fit to the household data of nine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing household food consumption away from home in Beijing by type of food facility and type of meal. Design/methodology/approach – Derived from the Becker's household production and consumption theory, the authors...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income sensitivity of food consumption in Beijing, China, using an original household survey data set collected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Design/methodology/approach – An Engel curve model is fit to the household data of nine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the discharge volume of domestic solid waste in rural China and to explore the potential impact of various factors that contribute to it. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study come from a large-scale field survey conducted...

Purpose This study investigates consumers' willingness to pay for product attributes of domestically grown fruit and vegetable products. Design/methodology/approach Conjoint Analysis and Random Utility Model Findings Our empirical results show that the willingness to pay for attributes of...

Purpose In the process of economic development and urbanization, it is important to capture the outgoing rural migrant workers’ food consumption characteristics for ensuring China’s future food security. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the structural characteristics in...

Purpose Investigating the relationship between gender gap in school enrollment and the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) in rural China. Design/methodology/approach Using data from China Health and Nutrition Survey for the period of 1991-2009, we document gender patterns...