... culture norms in rural area which cannot be mitigated easily and soon. China Children Old-age support Pension Rural regions Sex ratio In China, especially in rural areas, raising children for old-age support has been an ingrained tradition for a long time. Moreover, sons rather than...

... Limited 2012 China National economy Rural regions Poverty Income Rural poverty Poverty line Can new insight on how to define a poverty line for rural China be obtained by asking those affected, people living in rural China, on their opinion on what is needed to make ends meet using...

... in household wealth and are more sensitive to income uncertainty. Zaichao Du can be contacted at: duzc@swufe.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 China Rural regions Consumer behaviour Medical insurance Durables consumption Panel binary choice model In order to increase...

... district and 94.67 percent in total of Beijing city in 2007. So we believe that the data used in this study is well represented Beijing city including Chaoyang district. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 China Medical insurance Outpatients Patients Rural regions Health services...

... and countryside. So, the rural economy construction is an important part of the county economy. Thus, it undoubtedly has practical and theoretical significance to study NSC construction at the county level. China Regional development Rural regions New socialist countryside Evaluation index system...

... the ability of the poor to continue through the education system. Scott Rozelle can be contacted at: rozelle@stanford.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Higher education Poverty China Rural regions Equal opportunities Opportunities to attend college and earn a degree...

... and resources (capital and land) became the main body to support industrial and urban development in China. Knowledge economy China Urban regions Rural regions In general, urban‐rural relationship refers to the allocation of resources and products which caused flows of labor, capital, goods...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Borrowing Credit Farms Household products Finance Rural regions China Table IV examines the issue in a different light. Here, we use logistic regression against four binary dependant variables. First, the “denied loan” variable is set to 1.0...