Table of contents - Special Issue: Deepening reform for China's long-term growth and development: the role of rural development
Guest Editors: Sizhong Sun, Zhixiong Du, Zhang-Yue Zhou
Analysis of farmers’ willingness to adopt genetically modified insect-resistant rice in China
Ruomei Xu, Yanrui Wu, Jingdong LuanGenetically modified (GM) crops, particularly GM grain crops, have been controversial since their commercialization in 1996. However, only a few studies have investigated farmers’…
Convergence and mobility of rural household income in China: New evidence from a transitional dynamics approach
Shi Li, Tsun Se CheongThe purpose of this paper is to study convergence and income mobility of China’s rural households.
International trade and food security: conceptual discussion, WTO and the case of China
Yu ZhuThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept and measurements of food security under the framework of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, explores…
Alternative approaches to treat respondent uncertainty in contingent willingness to pay estimation: A theoretical and empirical analysis
Jia Wang, Jiaoju GeThe purpose of this paper is to theoretically using two new models to analyze the effect of respondents’ uncertainty about their stated willingness to pay (WTP) on welfare…
The state’s position in international agricultural commodity trade: A complex network
Hongbo Cai, Yuanyuan SongThe purpose of this paper is to apply an analysis of complex networks to empirically research international agricultural commodity trade and countries’ trading relations. The…
Realizing targeted poverty alleviation in China: People’s voices, implementation challenges and policy implications
Yuheng Li, Baozhong Su, Yansui LiuThe Chinese Government initiates the targeted poverty alleviation strategy to lift 70.17 million population out of poverty in five years time until 2020. The purpose of this paper…
China’s outward FDI efficiency along the Belt and Road: An application of stochastic frontier gravity model
Zhaobin Fan, Ruohan Zhang, Xiaotong Liu, Lin PanThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the China’s outward FDI efficiency and it determinants in 69 countries along the Belt and Road over the period of 2003-2013.
The impact of foreign direct investment on urban-rural income inequality: Evidence from China
Chunlai ChenThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on urban-rural income inequality in China.
Can on-the-job training stabilize employment among rural migrant workers?
Jinqi Jiang, Guangsheng Zhang, Diming Qi, Mi ZhouWhether training contributes to stabilizing employment among rural migrant workers in cities remains unclear. Based on this gap in the research, the purpose of this paper is to…
Transportation infrastructure and rural development in China
Zhiyang Wang, Sizhong SunThe infrastructure investment is one important source of economic growth in China in the past three decades. However it is not clear to what extent such investment affects…
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1756-137Xe-ISSN:
1756-1388ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Fu Qin
- Dr Jikun Huang
- Dr Kevin Z Chen
- Dr Weiming Tian
- Prof Daniel Sumner
- Prof Xian Xin
- Prof Holly Wang