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 …

This paper contributes to the assessment of China's rural labor markets, while paying attention to whether these …

China has experienced during the past 20 years as well as being responsible for some of the remaining barriers, the nation … rural China. Surprisingly, however, even though the potential for gain and for damage is great, almost no literature exists … rest of this paper as follows. In the first section, I will first review China's macro setting and discuss a number of the …

Tariffs on agricultural products fell sharply in China both prior to, and as a consequence of, China's accession to the … WTO. The paper examines the nature of agricultural trade reform in China since 1981, and finds that protection was quite …

The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China … the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …

The emergence of China as an economic power is one of the miracle growth stories of the last part of the 20th century …). In fact, by the end of 2007 China had achieved many of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …

The overall aim of the present paper is to better understand the evolution of tubewell ownership in the North China … also show that the privatisation of tubewells has affected cropping patterns in the North China Plain. When villages shift …

Purpose – With the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural …