China's one child per couple policy (OCP), with its depressive effects on fertility rates, was
established in 1979. Since then numerous studies have documented the effects of the OCP …

There is an extensive literature on the urbanization process looking at both urbanization and
urban concentration, asking whether and when there is under or over-urbanization or under …

The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to
have been accompanied by excessively high levels of concentration of the urban population …

Using an augmented Solow growth model with cross section and panel data, we find
evidence of conditional convergence of per capita production across China's provinces from …

This book outlines and analyzes the economic development of China between 1949 and
2007. Rather than being narrowly economic, the book addresses many of the broader …

The role of the peasant in society has been fundamental throughout China's history, posing
difficult, much-debated questions for Chinese modernity. Today, as China becomes an …

This study examines China's rural‐urban segmentation and its causes in the context of
economic reforms. Household survey and aggregate data indicate a V‐shaped process in …

The purpose of this article is to place Chinese labor migration from agriculture within the
context of the literature on labor mobility in developing countries by comparing it to …

More than 40% of China's arable land is degraded. This paper reviews the direct and
indirect consequences of soil degradation in China. Soil degradation has observable and …

Developing countries generally face the challenge of significant urban-rural divides during
their process of industrialization and urbanization. Following the paradigm of the theory of …