The major objective of this paper is to discuss the development of rural labor markets in China during the past two …

especially in the context of developing countries such as China where livestock is becoming more important in the domestic … agricultural economy. We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) for four major livestock products in China employing the … technical innovation in China's livestock sector, technical efficiency improvement has been relatively slow. …

In rural areas of many developing countries, including China, people do not have the chance to retire, but rather have …

This paper provides evidence regarding gains to agricultural market liberalization in China. We empirically identify … the different effects that incentive reforms and gradual market liberalization have on China's agricultural economy during …

rural China. After we describe investment patterns across different regions of rural China, we use a theoretical model to … descriptive findings. We test the hypotheses using household data collected in rural China in 2000 and find that in poorer areas …

contemporary China. The concern about the employment challenges raised in the paper is related to the future of China's rural labor …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 …

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 …

In this paper, we attempt to assess the effectiveness of China's Poverty Alleviation Programs in contributing to … economic growth in poor areas. To meet this overall goal, we briefly describe China's poor area policy and examine how its … the poverty programs have been implemented in the parts of China that are truly poor. Finally, we attempt to assess if the …

The main goal of the paper is to address the impact of the WTO on China's agricultural sector. To accomplish this goal … we address two sets of issues. First, we seek to provide measures of the distortions in China's agricultural sector at a … the agricultural sector's major commodities using a new methodology to account for grain quality differences within China …

Although health is an important factor in economic development, millions of China's rural residents have no medical … coverage. Nearly 10 percent of those that were sick in rural China consciously did not seek medical care, mostly because of … deteriorating situation, a new cooperative medical system (NCMS) was initialized in rural China in 2003 by the government. However …