This paper studies the effect of local off-farm employment and migration on rural households’ technical efficiency of crop production using a five-year panel dataset from more than 2,000 households in five Chinese provinces. While there is not much debate about the positive contribution of...

This paper studies the effect of state-owned enterprises on resource misallocation. Using a unique dataset by matching millions of records of land transaction, administrative records of business registration, and night light intensity data, and adopting a novel causal identification strategy, we...

Bioconversion of organics in food waste (FW) to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) via anaerobic fermentation is attractive for sustainable development. In practice, the daily output and composition of FW fluctuate greatly, interfering with the fermentation process. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) and...