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Does off-farm employment contribute to agriculture-based environmental pollution? New insights from a village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China
Shi, Xiaoping; HEERINK, Nico; QU, Futian - In: China Economic Review 22 (2011) 4, pp. 524-533
This study examines the conventional wisdom that off-farm employment contributes to environmental pollution by increasing the use of agro-chemicals. In order to analyse the role of household decision making and village factor markets in more detail, we run simulations with a hybrid farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010875316
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The role of off-farm employment in the rural energy consumption transition — A village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China
SHI, Xiaoping; HEERINK, Nico; QU, Futian - In: China economic review : an international journal 20 (2009) 2, pp. 350-360
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008896337
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Do fragmented landholdings have higher production costs? Evidence from rice farmers in Northeastern Jiangxi province, P.R. China
TAN, Shuhao; HEERINK, Nico; KRUSEMAN, Gideon; QU, Futian - In: China economic review : an international journal 19 (2008) 3, pp. 347-359
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008897949
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Does off-farm employment contribute to agriculture-based environmental pollution? New insights from a village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China
Shi, Xiaoping; HEERINK, Nico; QU, Futian - In: China economic review : an international journal 22 (2011) 4, pp. 524-534
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009804415
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The role of off-farm employment in the rural energy consumption transition -- A village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China
SHI, Xiaoping; HEERINK, Nico; QU, Futian - In: China Economic Review 20 (2009) 2, pp. 350-359
Energy consumption in rural areas in China is characterized by high consumption of fuelwood, straw and other biomass. Off-farm employment can play an important role in the transition towards more sustainable sources of energy by increasing rural household incomes and reducing the amount of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067036