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Economic gains of cadre status in rural China: investigating effects and mechanisms / Jin, Yanhong; Fan, Maoyong ; Cheng, Mingwang ; Shi, Qinghua

Shi, Qinghua	Article
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Using nationally representative rural household panel data from 2003 through 2007 in China, we examine economic gains of cadre status and channels through which cadre status increases household earnings. We find that income of cadre households was approximately 10 percent higher than that of non-cadre households on a per capita basis. The cadre income premium did not come from agricultural income but mainly from non-agricultural sources, especially the income from the village and the government. We also find that cadre income premiums were much larger and more significant in economically advanced regions than in less developed regions and in villages that exhibited higher income inequality than their counterparts. Furthermore, this study shows that newly elected cadre households acquired the economic gains immediately and cadre households lost the economic gains immediately when they lost their cadre status, which implies that the cadre economic gains were less likely attributable to human capital of cadres but mainly due to cadre status. Our findings provide evidence for the ongoing debate on distribution of economic gains during the process of transition in emerging market economies.

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Product quality asymmetry and food safety: investigating the “one farm household, two production systems” of fruit and vegetable farmers in China / Zhang, Man; Jin, Yanhong; Qiao, Hui; Zheng, Fengtian

Jin, Yanhong	Journal Article
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The Chinese government faces a great challenge to safeguard the safety of the food supply chain due to the significant fragmentation of producers and weak institutional resources to monitor and enforce safety standards. Food safety in China has received escalating attention since the 2008 milk scandal. Mainly due to safety concerns, Chinese farmers adopt two separate production systems for the market and self-consumption, and thus, the so-called “One Farm Household, Two Production Systems” (OFH-TPS) has gained popularity in the recent years.

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Asymmetry ; Certification ; Inspection ; Food Safety“One Household ; Two Production Systems”Non-Separable Model ; Informant

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