and relatives in rural China. Guided by an economic model of household‐production interactions, the paper provides results … of China's agricultural sector. A small farm bias in formal lending is indicated by the results, but there are many …/implications – The research is limited to the survey data used. China's agricultural economy is too large to assert that the informal …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make a general comparison between urban‐rural relationship in China and that … in China could be predicted. Design/methodology/approach – The core analysis of this paper examines how the urban … industrial stages. In parallel, it goes through this relationship in China from 1949 until now. Findings – This paper shows that …

(NSC) development at county level in China, and by which to evaluate the level of NSC construction among different regions … in China. Then, some problems of rural development can be found and corresponding measures can be proposed, which could … index system was used to evaluate the level of NSC construction in 28 counties of China in 2007. Finally, we calculated …

Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design … study to empirically test the adverse selection in China's medical insurance market from the perspective of two different …

Purpose – The New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS), implemented in China since 2003, has greatly increased the … purpose of this paper is to empirically study the effects of medical insurance on durables consumption in rural China. Design …/methodology/approach – Using China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data, the authors study the effects of medical insurance on durable goods …

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 …

“degradation” is in fact contested by resource users. Most grassland scientists, Party and Government officials in China have …

from a national household survey conducted by the Research Center for the Rural Economy (RCRE) at China's Ministry of … Agriculture. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the scale and dispersion of China's farm‐household hired …) of household survey data collected by the Research Center for Rural Economy at China's Ministry of Agriculture. Findings …

agency assistance in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China, focusing on enterprise management and training, and the … researchers and practitioners, and can be applied by rural communities throughout China. Originality/value – Although the new … style cooperatives have the potential to improve the rural economy, leading to poverty reduction and social development …