Engel curve, farmer welfare and food consumption in 40 years of rural China

Yu, Xiaohua

doi:10.1108/caer-10-2017-0184

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“…Unfortunately, an institutional reform bonus gradually deteriorates over time (Yu, 2018), which generally causes the decline in TFP (Lai, 2015; Zheng et al , 2009). Thus, to promote TFPG and TFPGC, the industry should further implement in-depth institutional reform to obtain the continuous reform bonus.…”

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Total factor productivity growth and its contribution: lessons from the Chinese construction industry pre- and post-2008 financial crisis

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2020

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PurposeIn response to the 2008 financial crisis, the performance of the Chinese construction industry seems to be more successful, especially in total factor productivity growth (TFPG) and its contribution (TFPGC). Hence, the purpose of this paper is to investigate and reveal the potential successful lessons in this regard.Design/methodology/approachThis study is conducted innovatively based on a special comparative analysis of TFPG and TFPGC between pre- and post-2008 financial crisis. Solow Residual Approach is used to measure TFPG and TFPGC for the period 2002–2016. Given that the crisis hit China at the end of 2008, the pre-2008 financial crisis period is from 2002 to 2008, and the post-2008 financial crisis period is limited to 2009–2016.FindingsThe results indicate that the industry indeed has better performance in promoting TFPG and TFPGC, TFP thus achieved significant accumulative growth before and after the crisis. However, from an evolutionary perspective, both TFPG and TFPGC presented an overall downward trend from before the crisis to after the crisis. Further, the game between the centrally planned economy and the market-oriented economy was identified and revealed as the essential reason behind the evolution of TFPG and TFPGC.Practical implicationsSome valuable lessons for policies and practices in promoting TFPG and TFPGC were summarized and learned from the Chinese experience, such as reducing administrative intervention and making the construction market play a decisive role.Originality/valueThis study provides some new empirical evidence to enrich the overall body of knowledge on growth theory, especially in promoting TFPG and TFPGC.

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Total factor productivity growth and its contribution: lessons from the Chinese construction industry pre- and post-2008 financial crisis

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2020

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“…On the other hand, supply could be suppressed due to the breakdown or restrictions of the food supply chain, and even abandonment of production. A phenomenon of food crisis could be mirrored by skyrocketing food prices, which might undermine the welfare of the poor (Yu and Shimokawa, 2016; Yu, 2018).…”

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The impact of COVID-19 on food prices in China: evidence of four major food products from Beijing, Shandong and Hubei Provinces

Liu

Wang

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically study the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on food prices in China and provides policy implications for crisis management for other countries who are still under the crisis of COVID-19 and for the future in China and beyond as well.Design/methodology/approachThis paper first designed a theoretical model of market equilibrium, which shows that the impact of COVID-19 on food prices is linked to the impact difference on demand and supply in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Then we collected the representative prices data for four major food products (rice, wheat flour, pork and Chinese cabbages) from three provinces (Shandong as a producing base, Beijing as a consumption base and Hubei as the epicenter), and set up an iGARCH model.Findings(1) No significant impact on rice and wheat flour prices, (2) significantly positive impact on cabbages prices and (3) various impact on pork prices. Note that the outbreak and the severity of COVID-19 have different impacts. The outbreak itself may have a relatively large impact on pork and cabbage prices, which may result from social panic, while the magnitude of the impact of severity is relatively small, and some are negative, perhaps due to more reduced demand during the quarantine.Practical implicationsChina always puts food security in its prior position of policy agenda and has been preparing for the worst scenario of the food security crisis. In the anti-COVID-19 campaign, China's local governments developed many measures to ensure food provision for each consumer. Hence, the impact of COVID-19 on food prices is minor. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 crisis could cause social panic in some scenarios where consumers may hoard food. Eventually, it may form a vicious cycle to push up food prices. This will be a challenging policy issue in crisis management for almost all governments.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on food prices in China. China has basically contained the COVID-19 in the whole country, and no major food crisis occurred during this process. The results will provide information on crisis management for other countries that are still under the COVID-19 crisis, and for future China and beyond.

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“…Jiangsu is one of the richest agricultural provinces in China and has the highest GDP per capita of Chinese provinces and second-highest GDP of Chinese provinces, after Guangdong. The Engel coe cient is the proportion of family income that is spent on food [10]. Engels' law is an economic observation that as income rises, the proportion of income spent on food falls-even if absolute expenditure on food rises.…”

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Self-poisoning with pesticides in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study on 24,602 subjects

Wang¹,

Han

Wen³

et al. 2020

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Background: With an estimated >800,000 suicide-related deaths and potentially several attempts for each death in the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of self-poisoning with pesticides within the Jiangsu province in China. Methods: Suicide rate was calculated the Routine Surveillance System by Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, stratified by gender, age and region, combined with socioeconomic and agriculture-related factors to investigate trends in suicide over the study period. A logistic regression model was used to investigate the associations between pesticide types and pesticide-related deaths. Results: In recent years, Jiangsu Province has witnessed a decrease in pesticide self-poisoning cases and consequent deaths. Among all suicides by deliberate ingestion of pesticides, the proportion of cases were mainly in the age 40, accounting for 3.43% of all cases with pesticide suicide. The proportion of suicide due to pesticide poisoning in females was markedly higher than that in males ( p <0.001). Suicide using organophosphate and carbamate insecticides was most common, with 10,303 reported cases accounting for 42.02% of all suicides. Conclusions: For national responses to be effective, the characteristics of pesticide suicides should be comprehensively investigated for the formulation of corresponding prevention strategies. At present, more pesticide suicide prevention policies for the elderly people and women should be implemented, and stronger pesticide management policies should be implemented for rural areas.

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Engel curve, farmer welfare and food consumption in 40 years of rural China

Cited by 48 publications

References 33 publications

Total factor productivity growth and its contribution: lessons from the Chinese construction industry pre- and post-2008 financial crisis

Total factor productivity growth and its contribution: lessons from the Chinese construction industry pre- and post-2008 financial crisis

The impact of COVID-19 on food prices in China: evidence of four major food products from Beijing, Shandong and Hubei Provinces

Self-poisoning with pesticides in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study on 24,602 subjects

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