中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102514
Zhuang Hao, Renxin Bian, Yuze Wang
{"title":"The impact of health insurance on informal care: Evidence from China's urban-rural basic health insurance consolidation","authors":"Zhuang Hao, Renxin Bian, Yuze Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102514","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102514","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the interaction between health insurance and informal care, two critical inputs into elderly health. Exploiting variations in timing and cities of the gradual implementation of China's consolidation of urban-rural basic health insurance that largely benefits rural residents, we find that insurance consolidation significantly increases both the likelihood and intensity of informal care received by the elderly. The positive effects are particularly salient among the older, less healthy, low-income, and educated elderly who tend to be more responsive to enhanced insurance benefits. We provide suggestive evidence that the increased care burden is primarily taken on by children. Moreover, we test two potential mechanisms through which insurance consolidation may increase informal care received by the elderly. Our findings suggest that enhanced insurance is positively associated with increased health care utilization by informal care recipients and improved health status of caregivers, both of which may contribute to the observed increase in informal care. These results offer an additional explanation for the growing demand for informal care in the rapidly aging society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102514"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102512
Xiaoyan Wang , Jianyou Fu , Yixing Tian , Honghua Chen
{"title":"Does food recall strategy have a positive or negative effect on trust repair? Moderation analysis based on trust violation types and trust disposition","authors":"Xiaoyan Wang , Jianyou Fu , Yixing Tian , Honghua Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102512","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102512","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food recall is an important measure in food safety management. This study investigated the impact of food recall strategies on repairing consumer trust in food products. We examined three food recall strategies (voluntary, mandatory, and no recall) adopted by firms after discovering food defects. We designed a scenario-based experiment and used difference-in-differences (DID) models to analyze how these strategies influence consumer trust repair. Furthermore, we examined the moderating roles of trust violation type (competence vs. integrity) and consumer trust disposition. Our results show that both voluntary and mandatory recalls significantly enhance consumer trust in terms of competence, benevolence, and integrity. These findings contrast with previous studies and common consensus that food recalls tend to damage consumer perceptions. We also find that voluntary recalls are more effective than mandatory recalls for repairing consumer trust. Additionally, trust violation type and trust disposition moderate the effects of recall strategies on trust repair. These findings can help firms adopt the most effective trust repair strategies after discovering food defects, and assist regulators in restoring consumer confidence in food quality and safety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102512"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144721484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102513
Wei Tang , Lili Wang
{"title":"Quantifying the distributional effects of urbanization and migration in China","authors":"Wei Tang , Lili Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102513","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102513","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the distributional effects of urbanization and migration in China by employing a two-sector spatial equilibrium model and population censuses in 2005 and 2015. Our analysis reveals that rural migrants who are predominantly low-skill exhibit higher substitutability with urban low-skill natives than with urban high-skill natives. Taking into account changes in nominal wages, housing prices, and local amenities, our quantitative results suggest that the reduction in rural-urban migration costs over the period contributed to an overall increase in national welfare of approximately 4 % to 5 %. Rural population experiences the largest welfare improvements, with gains ranging from 5.84 % to 7.74 %. Assuming an equal distribution of rental income among native residents, high-skill urban population experiences welfare increases between 0.96 % and 1.37 %, whereas low-skill urban population receives comparatively smaller gains, ranging from 0.25 % to 0.55 %. By contrast, urban population without housing ownership incurs welfare losses of 0.39 % to 1.89 %.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102513"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-22DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102508
Lue Zhan , Di Xiang , Chad Lawley
{"title":"Identifying waste leakage: Behavioral responses to China’s municipal solid waste classification plan","authors":"Lue Zhan , Di Xiang , Chad Lawley","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102508","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102508","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines the intended and unintended consequences of China's mandatory Municipal Solid Waste Classification Plan (MSWCP). We find that the policy achieved its primary goal, reducing waste generation by 14.5 %. However, using e-commerce retail sales data across Chinese municipalities, we also identify significant “waste leakage”: an average of 25.0 % increase in plastic trash bag sales and an 21.4 % increase in food waste shredder sales. Dynamic estimates show a rapid increase in trash bag use, contrasting with a slower uptake of shredders. Heterogeneous effects analysis indicates greater responsiveness to the MSWCP in municipalities emphasizing monitoring over awareness campaigns. Despite a positive net benefit from the MSWCP, we find a substantial waste leakage cost, equivalent to 17 % of the net benefit, driven by increased consumption of trash bags and shredders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102508"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102509
Yongming Luo, Liqiu Zhao
{"title":"Long-term direct and spillover effects of early childhood immunization","authors":"Yongming Luo, Liqiu Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102509","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102509","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the long-term direct and spillover effects of an early childhood immunization program. By exploiting quasi-experimental variation from a national immunization program targeting children under the age of one in China, we apply a difference-in-differences approach to estimate its long-term impact. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, we find significant long-term health benefits among children born during or after the program's implementation. Moreover, we observe educational spillover benefits for older siblings of age-eligible children, particularly when the older siblings are male or were younger at the time of the eligible child's birth. These spillover effects diminish as the number of siblings in the household increases. Our findings suggest that the presence of an age-eligible child influences their siblings' outcomes, in part, through intrahousehold resource allocation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102509"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144686306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102494
Zifan Li , Xuezheng Qin
{"title":"The impact of negative online ratings on physician effort to improve communication: Evidence from China","authors":"Zifan Li , Xuezheng Qin","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How do negative online ratings affect physician effort? Despite a substantial body of literature on financial incentives, empirical evidence regarding the impact of non-financial incentives on physicians remains limited. This study investigates the influence of negative online ratings on physician effort to improve physician–patient communication, using data from a prominent online healthcare platform. Our findings indicate that negative online ratings lead to a significant increase of 18.7% in the number of online consultations replied to by physicians, a 56.6% rise in the number of words typed, a 43.4% increase in the number of dialogues between physicians and patients, and a 30.1% increase in the number of replies. Additionally, physicians exhibit a more positive tone and greater textual coherence, as evidenced by a 0.37 percentage point increase in the probability of providing high-sentiment replies and a 1.23 percentage point rise in the probability of offering high-similarity responses, indicating a noticeable increase in physician effort to improve communication. The effect is more pronounced among physicians holding senior professional titles and those with higher ratings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102494"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144696544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-17DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102507
Han Feng , Haimin Chen , Ke Shi
{"title":"Private school, off-campus academic class and public school district housing premium: Evidence from a natural experiment in Hangzhou, China","authors":"Han Feng , Haimin Chen , Ke Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102507","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102507","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Private schools and off-campus academic classes (so called “shadow education”) may affect housing price premiums in high-quality public school districts by offering alternative educational resources. This paper leverages China's recent compulsory education reform—which restricted private school admissions and curtailed shadow education—as a natural experiment to test this hypothesis. Using transaction data from Hangzhou, we find that the reform induced a significant increase in housing prices within high-quality school districts relative to comparable ordinary school district properties. We reveal this effect operates through two distinct channels: restrictions on private schools increased the school district premium, while limitations on off-campus academic classes partially offset this increase. Our findings contribute to a greater understanding of how market-based alternatives to public education influence housing market dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102507"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-16DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102504
Meiling Kang , Pengkun Deng , Zhongkuang Zhao
{"title":"Has the county-to-district reform enhanced entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from emerging cities in China","authors":"Meiling Kang , Pengkun Deng , Zhongkuang Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102504","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102504","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using staggered-implemented Incorporating-Counties-into-Prefectures Policy as an exogeneous shock, this paper explores how urbanization promotes entrepreneurial activities. A battery of specifications verifies a positive effect of ICIP policy on firm entry. Mechanism analysis implies expanded market demand, increased supply of higher-quality production factors, and improved institutional environment help explain the phenomenon. Unlike market-driven urbanization in Western countries, this paper emphasizes the role of government-led urban expansion policies in developing nations, highlighting their potential to accelerate urbanization, industrial upgrading, and entrepreneurships in underdeveloped regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102504"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-15DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102488
Xiangqing Liu
{"title":"Breaking segregation in classrooms: Peer composition and inter-group relationships","authors":"Xiangqing Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Segregation between local people and internal migrants has emerged as a significant social issue in China. This study examines the effects of migrant composition among classroom peers on local students’ friendship patterns, migrant students’ perceptions of inter-group behaviour, and school experiences of migrant students. Using data from a nationally representative survey of Chinese middle school students, I exploit the random assignment of students to different classes to identify the causal effect of peer composition. Results show that, with a higher proportion of migrant peers, local students’ friendship networks are more heterogeneous, and migrant students perceive less discriminatory behaviour and more collaborative behaviour from their local classmates. Furthermore, a higher share of migrant peers improves the school experience of migrant students without negatively affecting that of local students. These impacts are non-linear and depend on students’ socioeconomic status, head teacher’s teaching experience, and school location.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"93 ","pages":"Article 102488"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144634021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
中国经济评论Pub Date : 2025-07-12DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102500
Mingwei Yu , Fang Xia , Li Su , Feng Song
{"title":"Climate change, electricity reliability, and energy structure: County-level evidence from China","authors":"Mingwei Yu , Fang Xia , Li Su , Feng Song","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anecdotal evidence suggests that climate change and the widespread adoption of renewable energy may negatively impact power reliability, potentially causing significant economic damage. However, rigorous quantitative studies exploring the relationship among climate change, energy structure, and power reliability remain scarce, primarily due to the lack of reliable measures for assessing power reliability. Using county-level data from China between 2013 and 2019, we propose a novel method to construct a proxy variable that measures electricity reliability at a broad geographic scale and high temporal frequency using satellite data. This innovative approach enables us to empirically investigate the effects of climate change on electricity reliability and the heterogeneous impacts based on local energy structure. Our findings provide strong evidence that hot weather, precipitations, and wind power generation compromise electricity reliability, consistent with theoretical predictions, whereas the impacts of solar energy are not robust due to low penetration rate. Furthermore, our heterogeneity analysis reveals that thermal power and solar energy could exacerbate the adverse effects of climate change, underscoring the need for enhanced services to ensure electricity security.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102500"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144661952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}