Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …

The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its … discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China … advanced member of WTO. If the experimentalist interpretation of China''s phenomenal growth is correct, then WTO membership is …

-wave census-type panel data in 18 villages in rural western China, two identification strategies, instrumental variable and …

subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a unique longitudinal dataset at the individual level, which …

randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …

entrepreneurs can set up business in low-return activities with minimal barriers to entry. Using a cashmere sweater cluster in China … accessible for small entrepreneurs widely available in rural China, even without a well functioning capital market. The observed …

competition increase as a result of China's recent accession to the World Trade Organization? Will Indonesia, Malaysia, the … model suggest that, beyond the underlying international repercussions generated by China's emergence into the international … economy, China's WTO accession per se is likely to generate additional substantial benefits for China and have little …

satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. …

The Rural Minimum Living Standard is an important component of social security in rural areas of China, as it provides …

log of birth weight and an indicator for low birth weight – using a nationally representative dataset in rural China …