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Household Income Determination and Regional Income Differential in Rural China [PDF]

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Regional income dispersion is a sensitive issue in China in terms of judging the impact of economic reform. This study looks closely at the issue as to what are the determinants of income variation among households in general, and which are the key ...
wu, harry, meng, xin
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Potential contribution of biomass gasification‐based technology in energy transition: a technical review coupled with bibliometric studies

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Biomass gasification technology has been extensively researched around the world; however, there is a need to evaluate the current research landscape and evolutionary direction of research in the broader context of energy transition. A systematic bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science database was performed for articles that fall within ...
Olasunkanmi Opeoluwa Adeoye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Social Exclusion in Transitional China [PDF]

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This paper demonstrates that urban social exclusion in China does not only include restricted participation by the ¿underclass¿ in urban life, but also the deprivation of certain political, social and economic rights. In addition, the paper describes how
Bingqin Li
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The impact of pharmacogenetic‐informed care on medication adherence and psychological factors associated with adherence: A narrative review

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Improvement in medication adherence is often proposed as a potential advantage of pharmacogenetic‐guided prescribing over a traditional one‐size‐fits‐all approach. This paper provides a review of the published literature and presents the findings of studies that measure adherence to medication as an outcome of pharmacogenetic‐informed care, or that ...
Lucy Galloway   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRADE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY: ANALYSIS ON FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN RURAL CHINA [PDF]

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We simulate several alternative scenarios to access the impact of border liberalization on household food security in rural China. We find that most Chinese farmers derive most their income from sources other than grain marketing and buy a significant ...
Sumner, Daniel A., Chang, Min
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‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Rural households decisions towards income diversification : Evidence from a township in northern China [PDF]

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Economic reforms in rural China have brought opportunities to diversify both within-farm activities and off-farm activities. Participation in these activities plays an important role in increasing rural households' income. This paper analyzes the factors
Martin Fournier   +2 more
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