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 …

studies address this issue for China, and those that do only with outdated data sets poorly representing the current situation … size-productivity relationship under the situations of rapid transformation in China and India. Design …-productivity relationship. Findings – The regressions show that land yields increase with plot size both by season and over the year in China …

/methodology/approach The study’s data are drawn from a household survey conducted in rural China. Multivariate analysis examines the impacts of …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of rural-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China and its …-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China. Findings – The empirical results show that both indices of rural-urban income … imply that equalized rural-urban and regional policies are required to maintain sustainable agricultural growth in China.  …

household survey in rural China, this paper aims to examine the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of two major … durable goods consumption conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the authors examine the likelihood of …

China (BRIC countries). Design/methodology/approach – Measuring is based on using the gravity trade model and econometric … China, have increased. The Russian Federation has experienced stagnating and volatile patterns. Brazil and India have …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … DLES in the first stage and a LA/DAIDS in the second stage. Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China … urban household surveys, The authors estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings …