Has the Chinese economy approached the 'Lewisian turning point'that marks the ending of
the initial phase of industrial transformation fuelled by surplus labour? In this paper we …

In a long historical period, the social network based on kinship and neighborhood played an
important role in the rural society of China. China's rural revitalization policy has brought …

Official data are criticized for over-reported agricultural labour statistics. We derive an
alternative series of labour participated in agriculture with the information of production cost …

This paper focuses on two major elements of China's population dynamics—the rising
proportion of workers in the population and the shift of rural workers from agriculture into …

As a national strategy, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) and the
ecological protection and high-quality development (HQD) of the Yellow River Basin (YRB) …

As one of the national strategies of China, the ecological protection of the Yellow River basin
(YRB) is vital for the promotion of the high-quality development (HQD) of the regional …

During the last decade, Bangladesh economy grew consistently over 6 per cent annually;
however, growth rate in the agriculture sector declined. Labour away from agriculture is …

China's significantly slower economic growth since 2012 has been attributed to the passing
of its Lewis turning point and the depletion of surplus labor in rural agriculture. At the same …

The material gathered in this study provides a rich and diverse context for understanding
China's high-speed growth performance, the impact of the rising China on the global …

In this study, we use a hypothetical method to recalculate the agricultural labor force based
on statistical data on the labor force in China. We confirm the revised agricultural labor force …