Financial inclusion toward economic inclusion: empirical evidence from China’s rural household

Shan Jin is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln University, New Zealand. She obtained her master of commerce and management (Finance) in 2022. Her master’s research focused on financial inclusion and household welfare in rural China. She received “Outstanding Investment Research” award in the CFA institute research challenge, New Zealand. Her research focuses on microfinance, banking and financial markets.

Christopher Gan is the Chief Editor of Review of Applied Economics and the Associate Editor of International Economic Finance Journal since 2004. He is also on the editorial board of several refereed journals. In 2012, Professor Gan was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 for his impressive and significant contribution made as a reviewer to International Journal of Bank Marketing. Professor Gan has also won several Best Paper Awards in 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2010 at international conferences. His research interests include commercial banking, microfinance, rural finance, financial economics and Asian economy.

Dao Le Trang Anh is a lecturer in the School of Business and Management, RMIT University, Hanoi, Vietnam and visiting lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She earned her MSc financial forecasting and investment at the University of Glasgow, the UK and her PhD in Accounting and Finance at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She published several journal articles and book chapter on the international ranked-journals in financial economics, social sciences and COVID-19 impacts on stock markets. She is awarded “Literati Award Winners 2022” for outstanding paper of Journal of Economic Studies. Dr Anh’s research areas are corporate finance, stock market and Asian studies.