The rapid growth of China’s economy since the reform in 1978 should be largely attributed to urbanization. Nonetheless …, in terms of farmland productivity, urbanization may lead to perverse incentives and thus threaten food security. On the … “superior occupation and inferior compensation”; on the other hand, urbanization promotes the transfer of the younger labor …

This paper provides an overview of land and housing market developments in modern China since 1949. Key milestones in … China’s land allocation system are documented along with a description of the amazing transformation that has taken place … development and uses that model to analyze several current policy issues in China. Those issues include: improper pricing of land …

Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared … endogenous evolution of local public finance due to rent capitalization, especially how local public finance in China transits …

Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared … endogenous evolution of local public finance due to rent capitalization, especially how local public finance in China transits …

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …

I study the political consequences of state expropriation of agricultural land in rural China by using national …

In China, as in many developing countries, poverty is primarily a rural phenomenon. Considerable efforts have been made … over the last few decades to reduce poverty in China's rural areas; and indeed, the poverty rate in these areas has fallen …, and social implications in today's China. Given the well-documented correlation between landlessness and rural poverty …

In China, as in many developing countries, poverty is primarily a rural phenomenon. Considerable efforts have been made … over the last few decades to reduce poverty in China's rural areas; and indeed, the poverty rate in these areas has fallen …, and social implications in today's China. Given the well-documented correlation between landlessness and rural poverty …