China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 16 Issue 4

New forms of employment: development of take-away delivery and urban–rural wage inequality

Ziming Gao

Since smartphones became ubiquitous, online grocery and food purchases through take-away delivery platforms have steadily increased in China. Nevertheless, whether the development…

Do climate disasters make farmers more willing to cooperate? Evidence from rural communities in southern China

Zhe Dai, Yazhen Gong, Shashi Kant, Guodong Ma

This article aims to explore the impact of climate disasters on small-scale farmers’ willingness to cooperate and explore the mediating effect of social capital.

A sustainable approach to improving agrifood production: getting the balance right between organic soil amendments and chemical fertilizers

Puneet Vatsa, Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma

We analyzed the effects of different combinations of organic soil amendments (OSAs) and chemical fertilizers on agrifood production, focusing on banana yields in China, the…

Does off-farm work induce farmland abandonment? Evidence from China

Linyi Zheng

This study investigates whether, how and under what circumstances off-farm work induces farmland abandonment, which is of great importance for developing countries to cope with…

Place-based rural development programs and the labor allocation of farm households

Jhih-Yun Liu, Brian Lee, Hung-Hao Chang

Rural development programs are widely used policy instruments mitigating rural-urban economic disparities. Yet, little research has examined their effect on rural labor. This…

Digital inclusive finance and entrepreneurship in rural areas: evidence from China

Chenwei Yu, Eddie Chi-man Hui, Zhaoyingzi Dong

This paper aims to investigate the impact of digital inclusive finance on entrepreneurial activities in rural areas, as well as the underlying mechanisms and the variations of…

Nudge research in agricultural economics: two-decade retrospective of empirical evidence

Tajana Čop, Mario Njavro

Understanding farmer and consumer behavior is essential to the successful implementation of behavior change interventions. The purpose of this study is to summarize existing…

Rural–urban differences in the intergenerational transmission of cognitive capabilities in China: evidence from a Northwestern province of China

Lei Wang, Dorien Emmers, Sean Sylvia, Yu Bai, Scott Rozelle

Literature has shown that the intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities is stronger for children raised in more advantaged environments. However, there has never been…

Can China’s rural revitalisation policies be an example for other countries aligning with sustainable development goals (SDGs)-1, 2 and 12?

Md. Ziaul Islam

Ever since China’s implementation of the open-door policy in 1978, there has been a remarkable transformation in the nation’s economic landscape. Undesirably, amidst the rapid…

When cobweb meets oligopoly

Qianqian Zhang, Faqin Lin, Xiuqing Wang, Xian Xin

The purpose of this paper is to present an oligopolistic version of the cobweb model that departs from the strict assumptions of perfect competition in the traditional cobweb…

Typologies of South African small-scale farmers and their risk perceptions: an unsupervised machine learning approach

Sara Yazdan Bakhsh, Kingsley Ayisi, Reimund P. Rötter, Wayne Twine, Jan-Henning Feil

Small-scale farmers are highly heterogeneous with regard to their types of farming, levels of technology adoption, degree of commercialization and many other factors. Such…

Does the quality grading system matter? Chinese consumer response to pork quality grading labels and the impact of information

Qinyuan Shen, Zhifeng Gao, Zhanguo Zhu

A meat quality grading system is essential to meet consumers' increasingly diversified demand for food quality in the global market. This study aims to determine the effectiveness…

What does it take to revolutionize Chinese diets: evidence from a choice experiment on urban Chinese consumers

Kevin Z. Chen, Luyun Yu, Wen Lin, David L. Ortega

The purpose is to understand the factors affecting Chinese diet selections and propose strategies for revolutionizing Chinese diets toward healthy ones.

Media coverage of food safety and expenditures for food away from home: empirical evidence from China’s family panel studies

Tao Li, Zifang Tian, Yang Wang, Caiping Zhang

This study explores whether media coverage of Chinese food safety guide consumer behaviour and determines its impact.

Trade and energy efficiency: theory and evidence

Geng Huang, Xi Lin, Ling-Yun He

Some existing studies have begun to discuss how trade will change the environment from a country or province perspective. However, so far, only a limited number of studies have…

Are farmers willing to pay for low-carbon agriculture? Evidence from China

Wanping Yang, Muge Mou, Lan Mu, Xuanwen Zeng

Reducing carbon emissions in agriculture is vital for fostering sustainable agricultural growth and promoting ecological well-being in rural areas. The adoption of Low-Carbon…

Sidestepping the heat waves and cold snaps: how does extreme climate influence agricultural labor reallocation in China

Xiahai Wei, Chenyu Zeng, Yao Wang

In the process of making agricultural production decisions in rural households, severe weather conditions, either extreme cold or heat, may squeeze the labor input in the…