Narrowing urban–rural income gap in China: The role of the targeted poverty alleviation program

J Tang, J Gong, W Ma - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) program in China is widely regarded for its
influence in eliminating extreme poverty of 70 million rural inhabitants. However, little is …

Does CSR engagement deter corporate misconduct? Quasi-natural experimental evidence from firms joining a government-initiated social program in China

F He, X Huang, G Liu, Z Wang - Journal of Business Ethics, 2024 - Springer
We examine the impact of a government-initiated CSR project on corporate misconduct
using the unique setting of China's Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) program. The …

Impact of poverty alleviation through relocation: From the perspectives of income and multidimensional poverty

M Liu, X Feng, Y Zhao, H Qiu - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Poverty alleviation through relocation (PAR) is a milestone project in winning the battle
against extreme poverty and aims to relocate poor people from inhospitable areas and lift …

Targeted poverty alleviation narrowed China's urban-rural income gap: A theoretical and empirical analysis

Y Zhou, Z Liu, H Wang, G Cheng - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Between 2013 and 2020, China implemented targeted poverty alleviation (TPA) policy that
leads rural socio-economic development to address poverty, and achieved the co-benefits of …

Does targeted poverty alleviation policy lead to happy life? Evidence from rural China

Y Zhou, X Huang, Y Shen, L Tian - China Economic Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on 2013–2019 data from the China Household Finance Survey, we used the
difference-in-differences method to systematically and quantitatively analyze the relationship …

Has the Targeted Poverty Alleviation program improved household welfare in rural China?

Q Chang, W Ma, P Vatsa, J Li - Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022 - Elsevier
China's government launched the Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) program in 2015 as a
part of a multipronged framework to lift every Chinese above the national poverty line by …

Poverty alleviation and rural revitalization: Perspective of fiscal spending and data evidence from 81 Chinese counties

C Wang, X Chen, J Hu, M Shahid - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This paper builds a theoretical model of government performance functions for poverty
alleviation using county-level panel data from 81 counties in China from 2014 to 2019. It …

Corporate social responsibility and firm value: evidence from Chinese targeted poverty alleviation

H Huang, R Shang, L Wang, Y Gong - Management Decision, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Whilst the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate
financial performance has been well documented, CSR has rarely been studied from the …

Farmers' livelihood capital and its impact on sustainable livelihood strategies: evidence from the poverty-stricken areas of Southwest China

Y He, T Ahmed - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evaluating the influence of livelihood capital on livelihood strategies remains an unexplored
strategy intended to cultivate the level of livelihood capital, enhance livelihood strategies …

Does participation in poverty alleviation programmes increase subjective well-being? Results from a survey of rural residents in Shanxi, China

J Tang, Y Xu, W Ma, S Gao - Habitat International, 2021 - Elsevier
Government programme interventions that improve rural settlements are expected to foster
human development. Although existing studies have shown that rural dwellers can …