China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 2 Issue 2

Borrowing amongst friends: the economics of informal credit in rural China

Calum G. Turvey, Rong Kong, Xuexi Huo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic significance of informal borrowing between friends and relatives in rural China. Guided by an economic model of…

A decision framework for optimal crop reinsurance selection

Jeffrey S. Pai, Milton S. Boyd

In the USA, private insurance companies serve as an integral part of the delivery and risk sharing of the federal crop insurance program. Governed by the Standard Reinsurance…

Water savings through off‐farm employment?

Veronica Wachong Castro, Nico Heerink, Xiaoping Shi, Wei Qu

The purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the relationship between off‐farm employment of rural households and water‐saving investments and irrigation water use in…

The challenges facing young workers during rural labor transition

Xiaofei Li, Chengfang Liu, Renfu Luo, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle

The paper aims to discuss whether the younger generation of China's rural labor force is prepared, in terms of education level or labor quality, for the future labor markets under…

Evaluating production risks for wheat producers in Beijing

Qiao Zhang, Ke Wang

The purpose of this paper is to assess the production risk for winter wheat producers in Beijing, China, particularly in its 13 districts.

A comparison of rural and urban healthcare consumption and health insurance

H. Holly Wang, Shaomin Huang, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle, Yuanyuan Yan

Since 1999, China has undergone reform of its healthcare system. City‐based social health insurance (SHI) is the primary form of current health insurance, supplemented by various…