- Y. Wu and N. Heerink (2015). Foreign direct investment, fiscal decentralization and land conflicts in China. China Economic Review 38: 92-107.
- Burggraf, Christine; Kuhn, Lena; Zhao, Qiran; Teuber, Ramona; Glauben, Thomas (2015) Economic Growth and Nutrition Transition: An Empirical Analysis Comparing Demand Elasticities For Foods in China and Russia. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 14 (6): 1008-1022.
- Castro Campos, B. (2014) Miaoicization vis-à-vis sinicization: contrasting Miao subgroups in contemporary China.Asian Ethnicity 16(4): 516-537.
- Glauben, T., Herzfeld, T., Rozelle, S. and Wang, X. (2012) Persistent Poverty in Rural China: Where, Why, and How to Escape?, World Development 40(4), 784-795.
- Bulte, E., Zhang, X. and Heerink, N. (2011) China's one-child policy and "the mystery of missing women": Ethnic minorities and male-biased sex ratios, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 73: 21-39.
Journal papers (before 2016)
1. Socioeconomics, welfare issues
2. Labor, Migration
- Castro Campos, B. (2014) Official Ethnic Labels and Non-Agricultural Work in Guizhou (China), Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 53(2), 169-196
- Castro Campos, B. (2013) Human capital differences or labor market discrimination? The occupational outcomes of ethnic minorities in rural Guizhou (China), Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies 73, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
- Jia, L. and Petrick, M. (2013) How does land fragmentation affect off-farm labor supply: panel data evidence from China. Agricultural Economics 45(3): 369–380.
- Wang, X., Huang, J., Zhang, L. and Rozelle, S. (2011) The rise of migration and the fall of self employment in rural China’s labor market, China Economic Review 22 (4), 573-584.
- Brosig, S., Glauben, T., Herzfeld, T., Wang, X. (2009) Persistence of full- and part-time farming in Southern China. China Economic Review, Vol. 20 (2), 360-371.
- Glauben, T., Herzfeld, T., Wang, X. (2008) Labor market participation of Chinese agricultural households: Empirical evidence from Zhejiang province Food Policy 33 (4), 329-340.
- Wang, X. (2007) Labor market behavior of Chinese rural households during transition, Ph.d dissertation, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe Vol.42, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (Saale), Germany.
- Brosig, S., Glauben, T., Herzfeld, T., Rozelle, S., Wang, X. (2007) The dynamics of Chinese rural households’ participation in labor markets Agricultural Economics 37 (2/3): 167-178.
- Wang, X., Herzfeld, T., Glauben, T. (2007) Labor allocation in transition: evidence from Chinese rural households. China Economic Review 18: 287-308.
3. Agricultural Markets
- Ren, J., H. H. Wang*, “Rural Home Owners' Willingness to Buy Flood Insurance.” Emerging Market Finance and Trade. 51(2015), accepted.
- Wang, H. H. “Theme Overview: China as the Leading U.S. Agricultural Export Market.” Choices: The Magazine for Food, Farm, and Resource Issues. 30(2) March 2015.
- Ortega, D. L., H. H. Wang, and M. Chen. “Emerging Markets for U.S. Meat and Poultry in China.” Choices: The Magazine for Food, Farm, and Resource Issues. 30(2) March 2015.
- Brosig, S., Weitzel, E., Poghosyan, T., Rozelle, S., Glauben, T. (2007)
- Spatial Market Integration and the Dynamics of Transaction Costs in the Chinese Soy Bean Market. The Empirical Economics Letters, Vol. 6 (5), 432-437.
4. Rural education and health issues
- Zhao, Q. Yu, X. Wang, X. Glauben, T. (2014). The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China. China Economic Review. Vol (31), 43-54.
- Zhang, L., Cai, Y., Wang, X., Ma, X., Medina, A., Smith, D., Rozelle, S. (2013) Neglected rural public health issue: The case of intestinal roundworms, China & World Economy 21(3), 25-43.
- Wang, X., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Shi, Y., Rozelle, S. (2013) College is a rich, han, urban, male club: Research notes from a census survey of four tier one universities in China, The China Quarterly 214, 456-470.
- Wang, X., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Yue, A., Shi, Y., Chu, J., Rozelle, S. (2013) Does financial aid help poor students succeed in college?, China Economic Review 25, 27-43.
- Wang, X., Zhang, L., Luo, R., Wang, G., Chen, Y., Medina, A., Eggleston, K., Rozelle, S., Smith, S., (2012) Soil-Transmitted Helminth infections and correlated risk factors in preschool and school-aged children in rural southwest China, PLOS ONE 7(9): e45939.
- Miller, G., Luo, R., Zhang, L., PhD,3 Sean Sylvia, S., Shi Y.,Foo, P., Zhao, Q., Martorell R., Medina, A., Rozelle, S., A Cluster Randomized Trial of Provider Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China, British Medical Journal (forthcoming).
- Luo, R., Zhang, L., Liu, C., Zhao, Q., Shi, Y., Miller, G., Yu, E., Sharbono, B., Medina, A., Rozelle, S., Martorell, R. (2011) Anaemia among Students of Rural China’s Elementary Schools: Prevalence and Correlates in Ningxia and Qinghai’s Poor Counties; Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol.29 (5): 471-485.
- Luo, R, Zhang, L., Liu, C., Zhao, Q., Shi, Y., Rozelle, S., and Sharbono, B. (2012) Behind before, they begin: The challenge of Early Childhood education in rural China; Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, Vol. 37 (1): 55-64.
- Luo, R., Shi, Y., Zhang, L., Liu, C., Rozelle, S., Sharbono, B., Yue, A., Zhao, Q. and Martorell, R. (2012) Nutrition and Educational Performance in Rural China’s Elementary Schools: Results of a Randomized Control Trial in Shaanxi Province; Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 60: 735-772.
- Wang, X., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Luo, R., Shi, Y., Rozelle, S., Sharbono, B. (2011) College Education and the Poor in China: Documenting the Hurdles to Educational Attainment and College Matriculation. Asian Pacific Education Review 12, 533-546.
- Wang, X., C. Liu, L. Zhang, R. Luo, T. Glauben, Yaojiang Shi, Scott Rozelle & Brian Sharbono (2011): What is Keeping the Poor out of College? Enrollment Rates, Educational Barriers and College Matriculation in China, China Agricultural Economic Review 3(2): 131-149.
- Liu, C., L. Zhang, R. Luo, S. Rozelle, B. Sharbono, J. Adams, Y. Shi, A. Yue, Hongbin Li, Xiaobing Wang & Thomas Glauben (2011): Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Rural China, Economics of Education Review 30: 627-640.
5. Agricultural production and productivity
- Hu, R., Wang, X., Cai, J., Huang, J., 2013. Patents and China's Research and Development in Agricultural Biotechnology, Nature Biotechnology 31 (11), 986-987.
- Hou, L., Huang, J., Wang, X., Hu, R., Xue, C. (2012) Farmer's knowledge on GM technology and pesticide use: Evidence from papaya production in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 12 (12), 2107-2115.
- Rungsuriyawiboon, S., Wang, X. (2012) Investigating agricultural productivity improvements in transition economies, Chinese Agricultural Economies Review 4(4), 450-467.
- Huang, J., Hu, R., Cai, J., Wang, X. (2012) Human research capacity in Chinese agbiotech, nature biotechnology 30(10), 1007.
- Hu, R., Cai, J., Huang, J., Wang, X. (2012) Silos hamstring Chinese plant biotech sector, nature biotechnology 30 (8), 749-750.
- Wang, X., Hockmann, H., Bai, J. (2012) Technical efficiency and producers' individual technology: Accounting for within and between regional farm heterogeneity, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 60(4), 561-576.
- Hou, L., Zhang, Y., Zhan, J., Glauben, T. (2012): Marginal revenue of land and total factor productivity in Chinese agriculture: Evidence from spatial analysis, Journal of Geographical Sciences, 22 (1): 167-178.
- Zhang Y., and B. Brümmer (2011) Productivity change and the effects of policy reform in China's agriculture since 1979. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 25(2):131-150.
- Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Glauben, T. & B. Brümmer (2011): The impact of land reallocation on technical efficiency: evidence from China. Agricultural Economics 42/4: 495-507.
- Wang, X., Rungsuriyawiboon, S. (2010): Agricultural efficiency, technical change and productivity in China, Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 207-227.
- Rungsuriyawiboon, S., Wang, X. (2009) Agricultural productivity growth in transitional and traditional economies in Asia. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 23(2): 52-72.
- Zhou S., Herzfeld T., Glauben T., Zhang Y. and Hu B. (2008) Factors affecting Chinese farmers' decisions to adopt a water-saving technology. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65: 51-61
- Brümmer, B., Glauben, T., Lu, W. (2006) Policy reform and productivity change in Chinese agriculture: A distance function approach. Journal of Development Economics, 81: 61-79.
6. Mangagement and organization
- X. Ma, N. Heerink, F. Qu, X. Shi (2015). “Land tenure in China: Legal, actual and perceived security.” Land Use Policy 42: 293-306.
- Wang*, H. H., Y. Wang and M. Delgado*. “The Transition to Modern Agriculture: Contract Farming in Developing Countries.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 96 (4) (2014):1257-1271 (SCI, SSCI).
- Zheng*, Q., H. H. Wang*, and Q. Shi. “Estimating Bivariate Yield Distributions and Crop Insurance Premiums Using Nonparametric Methods.” Applied Economics, 46 (18) (2014):2108-2118. (SSCI)
- Sultan, T., Larsen, K. (2011): Do Institutional Incentives Matter for Farmers to Join Cooperatives: A Comparison of Two Chinese Regions Journal of Rural Cooperation, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 1-18.
7. Agricultural policy
- Li, J., B. Bluemling, A.P.J. Mol, and T. Herzfeld. 2014. "Stagnating Jatropha Biofuel Development in Southwest China: An Institutional Approach." Sustainability 6:3192-3212.
- Huang, J., Wang, X., Rozelle, S., (2013): The subsidization of farming households in China's agriculture, Food Policy41, 124-132.
- Lin, H., Glauben, T., Yang, J., He, L., (2012): Impacts of the US Farm Bill 2008 on China’s agricultural production and rural poverty, agricultural economics (Zemedelská ekonomika) 58 (4), pp. 157–164.
- Huang, J., Wang, X., Zhi, H., Huang, Z., Rozelle, S. (2011): Subsidies and distortions in China´s agriculture: evidence from producer-level data, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 53-71.
8. Consumer studies
- Ortega*, D. L, S. J. Hong, H. H. Wang*, and L. Wu. “Retail Channel and Consumer Demand for Food Quality in China.” China Economic Review, 36 (2015), 359-366.
- Ortega, D. L, S. J. Hong, N. J. Olynk Widmar, H. H. Wang, and L. Wu. “Chinese Aquaculture Farmers’ Value System and On-Farm Decision Making.” International Journal of Agricultural Management. 4(3) (2015) 93-99.
- Ortega*, D. L., H. H. Wang*, and N. J. Olynk W. “Effects of Media headlines on Consumer Preferences for Food Safety, Quality and Environmental Attributes.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 59(2015), 433-445.
- De Zhou , Xiaohua Yu , Thomas Herzfeld , (2015) "Dynamic food demand in urban China: ", China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 7 Iss: 1, pp. -
- Ortega*, D. L., H. H. Wang*, and N. J. Olynk Widmar. “Effects of Media headlines on Consumer Preferences for Food Safety, Quality and Environmental Attributes.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 59(2015), accepted.
- Ortega*, D. L., H. H. Wang*, and N. J. Olynk Widmar. “Aquaculture Imports from Asia: An Analysis of U.S. Consumer Demand for Select Food Quality Attributes.” Agricultural Economics, 45 (5) (2014): 625-634.
- Ortega*, D. L., C. G. Brown, S. A. Waldron, and H. H. Wang*. “Agricultural Marketing and Food Safety in China: A Utility Perspective.” Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4(1) (2014):23-31.
- Ortega*, D. L., H. H. Wang*, and N. J. Olynk Widmar. “Welfare and Market Impacts of Food Safety Measures in China: Results from Urban Consumers’ Valuation of Product Attributes.” Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13(6) (2014):1404-1411.
- Ortega*, D. L., H. H. Wang*, N. J. Olynk Widmar, and L. Wu. “Chinese Producer Behavior: Aquaculture Farmers in Southern China.” China Economic Review, 28 (2014): 17-24.
- Yu X. and D. Abler (2010) Interactions between Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption in Rural China, European Journal of Health Economics. Vol. (11):151-160.
- Yu X. and D. Abler (2008) The Demand for Food Quality in Rural China, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 91(1): 57-69.
9. Natural resource use, environment
- C. Huang, Q. Liu, N. Heerink, T.J. Stomph, B. Li, R. Liu, H. Zhang, C. Wang, X. Li, C. Zhang, W. van der Werf and F. Zhang (2015). ‘Economic performance and sustainability of a novel intercropping system on the North China Plain.’ PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135518. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135518
- Aarnoudse, E., Kuhn, L. (2015): The challenge of water scarcity for Chinese agricultural development, in: Sustainable agriculture in China: Land policies, food and farming issues.
- Frayer, Jens, Müller, Daniel, Sun, Zhanli, Munroe, Darla K. and Xu, Jianchu: Processes Underlying 50 Years of Local Forest-Cover Change in Yunnan. Forests 2014, 5(12), 3257-3273; doi:10.3390/f5123257
- A.M. Komarek, X. Shi and N. Heerink (2014) ‘Household-level effects of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program under price and policy shifts.’ Land Use Policy 40: 36-44.
- W. Liu, G. Spaargaren, N. Heerink, A.P.J. Mol and C. Wang (2014) ‘Low carbon rural housing provision in China: Participation and decision making.’ Journal of Rural Studies 35: 80-90
- Frayer, J., Sun, Z., Müller, D., Munroe, D. K., Xu, J. (2014): Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks, Land Use Policy, Vol. 36, S.248-258.
- L. Zhang, X. Zhu, N. Heerink and X. Shi (2014) ‘Does output market development affect irrigation water institutions? - Insights from a case study in northern China.’ Agricultural Water Management 131: 7-78.
- L. Ma, S. Feng, P. Reidsma, F. Qu and N. Heerink (2014) ‘Identifying entry points to improve fertilizer use efficiency in Taihu Basin, China.’ Land Use Policy 14: 52-59.
- A.M. Komarek, X. Shi and N. Heerink (2014) ‘Household-level effects of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program under price and policy shifts.’ Land Use Policy (accepted).
- Yang, J., Wang, X., Ma, H., Bai, J., Jiang, Y., Yu, H., 2014. Potential usage, vertical value chain and challenge of Biomass resource: Evidence from China's crop residues, Applied Energy 114, 717-723.
- He, G.Z., Bluemling, B., Mol, A.P.J., Zhang, L., Lu, Y.L., 2013. Comparing centralized and decentralized bio-energy systems in rural China. Energy Policy 63, 34 – 43.
- Qu, W., Tu, Q., Bluemling, B., 2013. Which factors are effective for farmers’ biogas use? – Evidence from a large-scale survey in China. Energy Policy 63, 26 – 33.
- Zheng, C., Liu, Y., Bluemling, B., Chen, J., Mol, A.P.J., 2013. Modeling the environmental behavior and performance of livestock farmers in China – An ABM approach. Agricultural Systems 122, 60 – 72.
- W. Liu, G. Spaargaren, N. Heerink, A.P.J. Mol and C. Wang (2013) ‘Energy consumption practices of rural households in north China: basic characteristics and potential for low carbon development.’ Energy Policy 55: 128-138.
- X. Ma, N. Heerink, E. van Ierland, M. van den Berg and X. Shi (2013) ‘Land tenure security and land investments – a case study of Minle County, Northwest China.’ China Agricultural Economic Review 5: 281 – 307.
- L. Zhang, N. Heerink, L. Dries and F. Qu (2013) Water user associations and irrigation water productivity in northern China. Ecological Economics 95: 128-136.
- X. Ma, J. Wesseler, N. Heerink and F. Qu (2013) ‘Land tenure reforms and land conservation investments in China - what does real option value theory tell us?’ Review of Economics and Finance 3: 19-33.
- Sun, Z., Müller, D. (2013): A framework for modeling payments for ecosystem services with agent-based models, Bayesian belief networks and opinion dynamics models, Environmental Modelling & Software 45: 15-28.
- Yang, B., Brosig, S., Chen, J. (2013): Environmental impact of foreign versus domestic capital investment in China, Journal of Agricultural Economics 64/1: 245-271.
- Gosens, J., Lu, Y., He, G., Bluemling, B., Beckers, T.A.M., 2012. Sustainability effects of household-scale biogas in rural China. Energy Policy 54, 273 – 287.
- Shi, X., Heerink, N. and Qu, F. (2011) Does off-farm employment contribute to agriculture-based environmental pollution? New insights from a village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China, China Economic Review 22: 524-533.
- Heerink, N., Qu, F. and Shi, X. (2011) Introduction to the symposium on sustainable natural resource use in rural China, China Economic Review 22: 441-443.
- Tan, R., Qu, F., Heerink, N. and Mettepenningen, E. (2011) Rural to urban land conversion in China - How large is the over-conversion and what are its welfare implications? China Economic Review 22: 474-484.
- Qu, F., Kuyvenhoven, A., Shi, X. and Heerink, N. (2011) Sustainable natural resource use in rural China: Recent trends and policies, China Economic Review 22: 444-460.
- Bluemling, B., Pahl-Wostl, C., Mosler, H.-J., Yang, H. 2010. Implications of Stakeholder Constellations for Irrigation at Jointly Used Wells Cases from the North China Plain, China. Society & Natural Resources 23(6), 557 – 572.
- Bluemling, B.,Yang, H., Pahl-Wostl, C. (2007) Making Water Productivity Operational – A Concept of Agricultural Water Productivity exemplified at a wheat-maize Cropping Pattern in the North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management 91 (1-3), 11 – 23.