China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 13 Issue 3

China’s arable land wasting problem

Wensheng Chen

China's population–land contradiction is a crucial issue, and by deeply analyzing causes of wasting arable land, this article recommends some policies to avoid waste.

The effects of mental budgeting on the intentions to switch to low-toxicity pesticides: evidence from vegetable farmers in Sichuan, China

Yangyi Zeng, Thomas Herzfeld

Mental budgeting, as a part of mental accounting theory, is expected to impact a household's budgetary management in terms of expenses. The purpose of this paper is to study…

The evolution of habit formation effect on sugar consumption of urban residents in China

Tianchang Zhai, Wenjin Long, Wei Si

The purpose of this study is to explain the rapid growth of urban residents' sugar consumption in China from the perspective of habit formation.

The impact of Internet use on adolescent learning outcomes: evidence from rural China

Lili Li, Yue Ma, Dimitris Friesen, Zhonggen Zhang, Songqing Jin, Scott Rozelle

Internet use has become particularly prevalent among adolescents, prompting much thought and concern about both its potential benefits and adverse effects on adolescent learning…

Examining the role of border protectionism in border inspections: panel structural vector autoregression evidence from FDA import refusals on China's agricultural exports

Jiehong Zhou, Yu Wang, Rui Mao, Yuqing Zheng

As technical barriers gradually become the important tools of trade protection, it is important to understand whether intensified enforcement of border controls is adopted as a…

Multi-party game and simulation in the withdrawal of rural homestead: evidence from China

Lei Song, Ping Lyu, Yingui Cao

The purpose of this study was to analyze the interest conflicts and strategy evolution process of various stakeholders in the process of homestead withdrawal, to reveal which key…

Does road accessibility benefit rural poor? Evidence on the extent of household off-farm employment from 2004 to 2018

Yunli Bai, Tianhao Zhou, Zhiyuan Ma, Linxiu Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of infrastructure on the income growth and poverty reduction of rural household in China by estimating the impact of road…

Urbanicity and nutrition: evidence from rural–urban migrants in China

Qian Sun, Xiaoyun Li, Dil Bahadur Rahut

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of urbanicity on rural–urban migrants' dietary diversity and nutrition intake and whether its effect differs across various…

Farmers' land allocation responses to the soybean rejuvenation plan: evidence from “typical farm” in Jilin, China

Shijuan Guo, Xinye Lv, Xiangdong Hu

The purpose of this paper is to test the impact of the soybean rejuvenation plan and the subsidy on farmers' land allocation decisions, which may reference policy adjustment from…