Linxiu Zhang

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Author Statistics

Papers

Citation

H-Index

i-10 index

Research Trends

Author Order

Document Type

Co-Authors

Scott Rozelle

Stanford University

256

Yaojiang Shi

Shaanxi Normal University

113

Renfu Luo

Tianjin Tianhe Hospital

109

Chengfang Liu

Peking University

Hongmei Yi

Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

Yunli Bai

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Alexis Medina

Stanford University

Jikun Huang

Peking University

James Chu

Columbia University

Xiangbo Xu

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Cooperative Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences

120

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Stanford University

Cambridge University Press

Peking University

Sichuan University

Shaanxi Normal University

Renmin University of China

SOAS University of London

Author Statistics

Papers

Citation

H-Index

i-10 index

Research Field

Does computer-assisted learning improve learning outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment in migrant schools in Beijing

Economics of Education Review (2015)

Fang Lai Renfu Luo Linxiu Zhang Xinzhe Huang Scott Rozelle

Remedial education

Disadvantaged

Randomized experiment

Empirical evidence

10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.03.005

Cite

Citations (101)

Effect of Migration on Childrenâs Educational Performance in Rural China

Palgrave Macmillan eBooks (2014)

Xinxin Chen Qiuqiong Huang Scott Rozelle Yaojiang Shi Linxiu Zhang

10.1057/9781137469960.0014

Cite

Citations (0)

Population prevalence of vision impairment and spectacle wear among urban migrant children in China

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (2015)

Nathan Congdon Hongmei Yi Haiqing Zhang Xiaochen Ma Linxiu Zhang

Spectacle

Visual Impairment

Chinese population

Source

Cite

Citations (0)

Poverty, population and environmental degradation in China

Food Policy (1997)

Scott Rozelle Jikun Huang Linxiu Zhang

This paper studies the relationship among population, poverty, and the environmental factors, and the impact they have had on China's land, water, forests and pastures. It does so by examining the extent of environmental degradation and China's success in controlling its environmental problems is reviewed; by investigating how the leadership has tried to develop a legal framework and series of institutions to carry out environmental policy; and by providing empirical evidence demonstrating the determinants of the successes that China has achieved in surmounting (or slowing) some of its environmental problems. Five of China's rural resource concerns are surveyed in this paper: water pollution, deforestation, destruction of the grasslands, soil erosion, and salinization. The paper finds that government policy has not been effective in controlling rural resource degradation primarily because it has limited fiscal resources and poorly trained personnel, and under these constraints the government has delegated responsibility for environmental and resource protection to the ministries of agriculture and forestry, two institutions that have an incentive to favot pro-production policies. Instead, China's efforts to alleviate policy, integrate markets, and control population appear to have helped mitigate a number of adverse environmental consequences of China's development effort of the last 40 years.

Environmental degradation

Deforestation

Rural poverty

Desertification

Environmental Pollution

10.1016/s0306-9192(97)00011-0

Cite

Citations (146)

Determinants of public goods investment in rural communities in mountainous areas of Sichuan Province, China

Journal of Mountain Science (2014)

Shili Guo Shaoquan Liu Renfu Luo Linxiu Zhang

Investment

10.1007/s11629-013-2244-1

Cite

Citations (4)

The Impact of Vocational Skills Training of Public Employment Services on Off-Farm Employment: Evidence from Rural China

Xuanye Zeng Yunli Bai Jiaojiao Wu Yutong Qiu Linxiu Zhang

Job Training

10.2139/ssrn.4974833

Cite

Citations (0)

Off-farm employment, land renting and concentration of farmland in the process of urbanization

China Agricultural Economic Review (2018)

Weiliang Su Tor Eriksson Linxiu Zhang

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of off-farm employment on the concentration of farmland via households’ land rental activities in rural China. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses Probit and Tobit models to estimate the effect of off-farm employment on land rental activities. Furthermore, the paper compares the degree of land concentration between pre-renting and post-renting in terms of Gini coefficients of farmland ownership at village level. Findings The authors find that off-farm employment has a positive effect on the renting out farmland, and insignificant effect on renting in farmland. Moreover, off-farm employment intensifies the concentration of farmland from small farms toward big farms by renting activities. Originality/value The authors believe that the results will contribute positively to the assessment of the effect of off-farm employment on land concentration in the context of the urbanization process in China.

Tobit model

Value (mathematics)

Probit

10.1108/caer-10-2016-0169

Cite

Citations (21)

Off-farm employment and poverty alleviation in rural China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2021)

Shaoping Li Yongqing Dong Linxiu Zhang Chengfang Liu

Two phenomena in the history of China's economic growth during the last four decades are the increase in the share of off-farm employment and the progress in poverty alleviation in rural China. Although both of them have been well documented in the literature, less is known about the linkage between the two. To better understand the role that off-farm employment has played in poverty alleviation in rural China is critically important not only for China but also for those countries that are trying to reduce poverty. Here, we examine the impact of off-farm employment on poverty alleviation in rural China. Using the data from two nationally representative household panel surveys (China National Rural Survey and China Rural Development Survey), this paper provides supporting evidence that off-farm employment contributes to poverty alleviation in rural China. Specifically, if household participation in off-farm employment increases by 10 percentage points, the likelihood for a non-poor household to fall into poverty will decrease by 0.88 percentage point whereas the likelihood for a poor household to climb out of poverty will increase by 3.5 percentage points. In a word, off-employment can not only prevent rural residents to fall into poverty but also help those already in poverty climb out of it.

Rural poverty

Poverty trap

Survey data collection

10.1016/s2095-3119(21)63616-x

Cite

Citations (54)

How Off‐farm Employment Affects Technical Efficiency of China's Farms: The Case of Jiangsu

China & World Economy (2016)

Linxiu Zhang Weiliang Su Tor Eriksson Chengfang Liu

Abstract Using three‐wave survey data for four villages of Jiangsu Province in China, the present paper examines whether and to what extent off‐farm employment affects the technical efficiency of agricultural production. The level of technical efficiency is measured using a stochastic frontier production function approach. Based on estimation results from instrumental variable panel quantile regressions we find that there is a positive significant effect of off‐farm employment on the level of farm technical efficiency. We also find that fragmentation of farmland is a barrier to the improvement of technical efficiency. In addition, we find a downward trend in the level of agricultural technical efficiency among our sample. Therefore, the Chinese Government should stimulate agricultural mechanization and the development of farming techniques to improve technical efficiency in the context of increasing off‐farm employment.

Production–possibility frontier

Stochastic frontier analysis

Frontier

Production efficiency

10.1111/cwe.12157

Cite

Citations (28)

Rural China 2000-Nationally Representative Survey

Loren Brandt Scott Rozelle Linxiu Zhang

Survey data collection

10.18170/dvn/xsmomr

Cite

Citations (0)