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The development over time of market integration between Chinese provinces is analyzed by estimating threshold vector error correction models for rolling windows during 1998-2003. Transaction costs clearly decrease during this period characterized by liberalization of external trade and domestic...
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China to test the predictions in both a linear probability model and a duration analysis. Our empirical findings support the …
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Dairy farms in China’s suburban areas have been playing an important role in providing urban markets with fresh milk …
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randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …
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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. …
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The impact of wheat diversity on the productivity of wheat in China is examined using total factor productivity (TFP …) and an instrumental variable approach. TFP in seven key wheat-producing provinces in China shows significant, though …
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Concerned about national food self-sufficiency and rural household incomes, in 2004 China decided to reverse its … to China’s food economy, there has been little household level survey-based research that has sought to understand the … nature of China’s subsidy programs from the viewpoint of the farmer. Using data from two sets of household-based surveys …
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-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that village cadres, who are the lowest level of administrators in rural … and non-cadre households in rural China without controlling for unobserved dimensions of ability that are also correlated … who is a cadre. Given the increasing returns to non-agricultural employment since China's economic reforms began, it is …
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a randomized experiment evaluating the effects of a home-based parenting program delivered by cadres in China's Family …
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aus. China reduzierte seit Beginn der ökonomischen Reformen Ende der 1970er Jahre in erheblichem Maße die Zahl der Armen …
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