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Effect of China's new rural pension scheme on the consumption of relatively poor households 中国新型农村养老保险制度对相对贫困家庭消费的影响

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104196

Bing He , Jianying Wang , Jian Wu , Guoheng Hu

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Corrigendum to ‘Claiming land in heterogenous bureaucracies: The daily labor and decadal cycles of land rights movements in Karnataka, India’ [J. Rural Stud. 122, February 2026, 104003] “在异质官僚机构中主张土地：印度卡纳塔克邦土地权利运动的日常劳动和十年周期”的更正[J]。农村Stud. 122, 2026年2月，104003]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104150

Ananya Karol Rao

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Corrigendum to “China's agricultural upgrade: Digital inclusive finance driving high-quality development” [J. Rural Stud., Volume 121 (2026), 103927] “中国农业升级：数字普惠金融驱动高质量发展”勘误表[J]。农村学生。，第121卷（2026），103927]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104157

Liangen Zeng , Yuandong Zou , Yisha Fu , Yanfeng Jiang , Xiaoyan Zhang , Linlin Dai , Yiqing Su

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Compounded disadvantages in rural regions: A configurational analysis for understanding development deficits in southern Philippines 农村地区的综合劣势：了解菲律宾南部发展缺陷的结构分析

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104193

Catherine Roween C. Almaden

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Rural insights into the contested spaces of older voluntarism 乡村对旧自愿主义竞争空间的洞察

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104107

Amber Zapletal , Mark W. Skinner , Erika Snowden , Elizabeth Russell

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Corrigendum to ‘Social network analysis to identify actors for participatory food system transformation – Learning from two case studies in Switzerland’ [J. Rural Stud. 123 (2026) 104071] 对“社会网络分析，以确定参与式食品系统转型的行动者-从瑞士的两个案例研究中学习”的更正[J]。农村工厂123 (2026)104071]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104161

Tobias Geisser, Alice H. Aubert

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Reciprocal reconstruction of regulatory and capital power: A dynamic interaction between local governments and land buyers in rural land value capture 监管权力与资本权力的相互重构：地方政府与土地购买者在农村土地价值获取中的动态互动

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104185

Weifang Wang

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Corrigendum to “Servant leadership and members' well-being in China's village committees: A multilevel analysis of the serial mediating roles of serving culture and organization-based self-esteem” [J. Rural Stud. 121, January 2026, 103910] “服务型领导与村委会成员幸福感：服务文化与组织自尊的多重中介作用分析”[J]。农村研究中心，2026年1月，103910]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104156

Zhichao Qian , Xuebin Cao , Xiaoyu Li , Xiaoyi Wen

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Corrigendum to “Justifications for farm practices and animal welfare among Norwegian livestock farmers” [J. Rural Stud. 123 (2026) 104047] 对“挪威畜牧农民的农场实践和动物福利的理由”的更正[J]。农村工厂123 (2026)104047]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104159

Brit Logstein , Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau

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Corrigendum to “Entrepreneurial identity and farmers' protein crop cultivation choices” [J. Rural Stud., Volume 75 (2020) 174-184] 企业家身份与农民蛋白质作物种植选择[J]。农村学生。，卷75 (2020)174-184]