China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 9 Issue 4

Rural demographic change, rising wages and the restructuring of Chinese agriculture

Tianxiang Li, Wusheng Yu, Tomas Baležentis, Jing Zhu, Yueqing Ji

The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of recent demographic transition and rising labor costs on agricultural production structure and pattern in China during…

The interplay of production commercialisation and specialization: An empirical study on Chinese smallholders

Lihua Li, Maria Estela Varua, Adam M. Komarek, Sriram Shankar, William D. Bellotti

The purpose of this paper is to explore the endogenous relationship between production specialisation and market commercialisation with an empirical study of farmers in Northwest…

Pensions and household consumption in rural China

Baozhong Su

The purpose of this paper is to examine the new rural social pension program’s effect on household consumption in rural China.

Impact of increasing agricultural domestic support on China’s food prices considering incomplete international agricultural price transmission

Fan Yang, Kirsten Urban, Martina Brockmeier, Eddy Bekkers, Joseph Francois

The purpose of this paper is to develop a modelling approach that enables the analysis of long-term food security policies. Specifically, the authors explore the effect of China’s…

Housing expenditure and home purchasing behaviors of rural-urban migrants in China

Xiujuan Tian, Jiankun Hu, Caiping Zhang, Yang Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to explore the housing behaviors of rural-urban migrant workers in China and the associated socioeconomic determinants.

Crop price insurance in China: pricing and hedging using futures market

Minghua Ye, Rongming Wang, Guozhu Tuo, Tongjiang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how crop price insurance premium can be calculated using an option pricing model and how insurers can transfer underwriting risks in…

High liabilities or heavy subsidies: Farmers’ preferences for crop insurance attributes in Hunan, China

Tao Ye, Ming Wang, Wuyang Hu, Yangbin Liu, Peijun Shi

Understanding farmers’ preferences for crop insurance attributes is crucial in designing better insurance products and guiding government policies but such research is lacking…

The reduction of cotton cultivation in Shandong Province of China: Does off-farm employment matter?

Shi Min

The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential causes of the reduction of cotton cultivation in Shandong Province of China from the perspective of smallholders and notably…

Effects of public health insurance on labor supply in rural China

Zheng Shen, Marie Parker, Derek Brown, Xiangming Fang

Since the implementation of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in 2003, this program has experienced rapid growth. Even so, little is known about the association between…

Adapting to climate change: scenario analysis of grain production in China

Shudong Zhou, Wenkui Zhou, Guanghua Lin, Jing Chen, Tong Jiang, Man Li

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of future climate change and the corresponding adaptation activities on grain production and its regional distribution in China.

Determinants of agricultural household demand for insurance in China from 2004 to 2007

Chu-Shiu Li, Chwen-Chi Liu, Yuehua Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the purchase of insurance and economic growth among agricultural households.