[HTML][HTML] Health and health system effects on poverty: A narrative review of global evidence

O O'Donnell - Health Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Ill-health causes poverty. The effect runs through multiple mechanisms that span lifetimes
and cross generations. Health systems can reduce poverty by improving health and …

The largest insurance program in history: Saving one million lives per year in China

J Gruber, M Lin, J Yi - Journal of Public Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), rolled out in China from 2003–
2008, provided insurance to 800 million rural Chinese. We combine aggregate mortality …

Can market-oriented reform of agricultural subsidies promote the growth of agricultural green total factor productivity? Empirical evidence from maize in China

F Ye, Z Yang, M Yu, S Watson, A Lovell - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Green agriculture is the future of agricultural development. However, there has been little
attention paid to the relationship between market-oriented reform of agricultural subsidies …

Empowering women substantially accelerates the household clean energy transition in China

J Chen, H Liao, T Zhang - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to better understand how gender dynamics influence household fuel choice
in the context of energy transitions. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) …

The Largest Insurance Expansion in History: Saving One Million Lives Per Year in China

J Gruber, M Lin, J Yi - 2023 - nber.org
ABSTRACT The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) rolled out in China from 2003-
2008 provided insurance to 800 million rural Chinese. We combine aggregate mortality data …

Social determinants of child malnutrition outcomes: Evidence from CHNS in China

S Li, NM Nor, SR Kaliappan - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
China is committed to reduce child malnutrition outcomes (CMO) rates to less than 5% by
2030 in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Yet, this is still an …

Free school meals and cognitive ability: Evidence from China's student nutrition improvement plan

X Duan, Y Liang, X Peng - Health Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The China Student Nutrition Improvement Plan (SNIP) covers 40.6 million students
in the compulsory education stage, accounting for 42% of all students enrolled in rural …

Quota removal, destination-specific export shocks, and skill acquisition in China

J Zhang, K Zhou - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper uses the exposure of 16-year-old cohorts to an exogenous elimination of export
quotas to explore the short-run schooling consequence of destination-specific export …

High-speed rail: A fast lane for information delivery of China's IPOs

Y Shi, C Guan, JW Chang, H Liu - Emerging Markets Finance and …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
The impact of high-speed rail (HSR) has permeated capital markets and micro entities,
attracting much attention from scholars, but there is little evidence of its effectiveness on …

Assessing the accuracy of self-reported health expenditure data: Evidence from two public surveys in China

Z Hao, X Zhang, Y Wang - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper utilizes Benford's law, the distribution that the first significant digit of numbers in
certain datasets should follow, to assess the accuracy of self-reported health expenditure …