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Economic Changes and Afforestation Incentives in Rural China
Démurger, Sylvie - 2006
This paper uses provincial macro-data from the mid-1980s onwards to investigate the determinants of land-use choice in rural China, by paying a particular attention to the decision to plant trees as competing with agriculture. The evidence supports the importance of economic motivations in the...
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Payments for Ecological Restoration and Internal Migration in China: The Sloping Land Conversion Program in Ningxia
Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2012
This paper analyses the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use … policy on labor migration decision. We find a significant effect of the policy : the migration probability increase due to … strengthening the impact of the program on migration. We also find that young, male and Hui nationality individuals are more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858019
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Forest management policies and resource balance in China: an assessment of the current situation
Démurger, Sylvie; Weiyong, Yang; Yuanzhao, Hou - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2007
Using the latest forest inventory, this paper provides a comprehensive analysis of China’s forest sector by focusing on new forest trends, forest policy changes and challenges to achieve a sustainable forest management. We analyze the dynamics of forest resources and provide an impact...
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The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops
Qaim, Matin - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 665-694
Genetically modified (GM) crops have been used commercially for more than 10 years. Available impact studies of insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant crops show that these technologies are beneficial to farmers and consumers, producing large aggregate welfare gains as well as positive effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823023
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Pro-rural policies, income and inequality : Evaluating a cash-for-work program in rural China
Chen, Yu; Démurger, Sylvie - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2014
Despite the dramatic reduction of poverty in China over the past thirty-five years, poverty has not been fully eradicated in rural areas, and in the context of growing inequalities, it remains a national concern. This paper examines a local cash-for-work program launched in mountainous areas of...
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Urbanisation and Migration Externalities in China
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2013
’wages. Overall, these results strongly support the productivity gains that can be expected from further migration and urbanisation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858010
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Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis
Démurger, Sylvie; Gurgand, Marc; Shi, Li; Ximing, Yue - HAL - 2008
In urban China, urban resident annual earnings are 1.3 times larger than long term rural migrant earnings as observed in a nationally representative sample in 2002. Using microsimulation, we decompose this difference into four sources, with particular attention to path dependence and statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930208
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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212570
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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011251787
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Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis
Démurger, Sylvie; Gurgand, Marc; Shi, Li; Ximing, Yu - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2008
In urban China, urban resident annual earnings are 1.3 times larger than long term rural migrant earnings as observed in a nationally representative sample in 2002. Using microsimulation, we decompose this difference into four sources, with particular attention to path dependence and statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056869