Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the pool of studies of rural underemployment in China. It is devoted to the … estimated by the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with China's prefecture‐level data. Surplus labour or inefficient labour is …' analysis indicates that the existing size of agricultural surplus labour in rural China is still significantly large with the …

China. Design/methodology/approach – The authors’ research uses the two‐stage residuals inclusion estimation, 2SRI, to deal … choice of return migrants in rural China. They also extend the existing studies in two directions: first, they use nationally …‐representative data from the general social survey of China carried out in 2006 to examine the relationship between the return rural …

Purpose – This paper aims to explain why the quality of infrastructure projects in rural China differs from village to …/methodology/approach – Using primary data collected by the authors on three types of infrastructure projects in villages across China, they created …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of perceived land tenure security in China on farmers …' results provide an explanation for the phenomenon that land readjustments still take place in some parts of China, but not in …

farm production in a province of China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses panel data for the years 2004 … force is 45, after which efficiency declines. Practical implications – Aging of China's rural labor force may affect … production efficiency for a developing country, as well as for China. The analysis uses a unique panel dataset that covers 24 …

away in China. As the development of the pest resistance and the outbreak of the secondary pest, it was believed that … cotton adoption on cotton sown area in China, using national representative data.  …

affect China's GDP and the growth rate of the national economy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a … computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and uses data of China's 2007 Input-Output Table to analyze the impact of the return … of rural migrant labor on China's economy during the financial crisis. Findings – The results show that the return of …

providing old-age support, and estimate the effects of China’s old rural pension program (ORPP) on sex ratio. Design …/methodology/approach – Using data from China’s 2005 inter-census population survey and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this paper … old parents’ choice of resource for future old-age support. The effects of China’s ORPP on sex ratio are estimated using …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of China’s Food Safety Law on its food industry. Design … empirically examine the effect of Food Safety Laws on China’s food industry and this study attempts to fill this gap, which …