Xiaobo Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3705126 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaobo Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaobo |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0222-2515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 58 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 320 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Entry Deregulation, Market Turnover, and Efficiency
Although entry regulations are ubiquitous across countries, comprehensive evaluations on how such regulations affect firm dynamics and productivity are lacking. We examine a 2012-2014 pilot program in Guangdong (which later became a national policy) that was designed to reduce firm registration costs and encourage entrepreneurial activities. Using administrative data on firms' business registrations and annual reports, our analysis shows that the…
The bridge between anxiety and insomnia symptoms among Chinese adults before and after Sars-CoV-2 vaccination
The proportion of participants experiencing anxiety and insomnia decreased significantly after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Network analysis identified psychosis-related symptoms as key links between anxiety and insomnia. These findings suggest that targeted interventions focusing on daytime emotional regulation could improve mental health outcomes, guiding healthcare practices during public health crises
Study on the outdoor thermal comfort of college students under different activity intensities in a high-altitude climate zone
These findings provide a basis for an improved design of the outdoor environment under different outdoor activity intensities in high-altitude areas
Prevalence and correlates of post-stroke anxiety in Changde, China during 2023 following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions
Our study found that the prevalence of PSA was 14.57%. In addition, sleep duration, hyperlipidemia, migraine and family history of stroke were independent risk factors for PSA following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
The long-run and intergenerational impact of early exposure to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–61 on mental health
Qinlian hongqu decoction ameliorates hyperlipidemia via the IRE1-α/IKKB-β/NF-κb signaling pathway
Integrated network pharmacology, metabolomics, and transcriptomics of Huanglian-Hongqu herb pair in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Dahuang zhechong pill ameliorates hepatic fibrosis by regulating gut microbiota and metabolites
The Demographic Transition and Rural Industrialization in China
The potential effect of a demographic transition on industrialization is of interest to scholars in both demography and economics. This study contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence that a demographic transition creates population pressure that can facilitate rural industrialization. By studying China’s rapid demographic transition in the late twentieth century before massive internal labor migration took off and linking it …
A cross-sectional study of smoking and depression among US adults
Background The relationship between smoking and depression remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the association between smoking and depression from three aspects: smoking status, smoking volume, and smoking cessation. Methods Data from adults aged ≥20 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2005 and 2018 were collected. The study gathered information about the participants' smoki…
Coronavirus disease 2019
Introduction: During COVID-19, some front-line personnel experienced varying degrees of eye discomfort due to the use of goggles repeatedly disinfected with chlorine-containing disinfectant. Methods: The eye damage information of 276 front-line personnel who used goggles in a hospital from October 1, 2021, to December 1, 2021, was collected by filling out a questionnaire. To study the effect of chlorinated disinfectants on goggles, we immersed th…
Exploring Spatio-Temporal Variations of Ecological Risk in the Yellow River Ecological Economic Belt Based on an Improved Landscape Index Method
Intense human activities have led to profound changes in landscape patterns and ecological processes, generating certain ecological risks that seriously threaten human wellbeing. Ecological risk assessment from a landscape perspective has become an important tool for macroecosystem landscape management. This research improves the framework and indices of the ecological risk assessment from a landscape perspective, evaluates the land use pattern a…
The intergenerational legacy of the 1959–1961 Great Chinese Famine on children’s cognitive development
Uncovering the mechanism of Huanglian-Wuzhuyu herb pair in treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis based on network pharmacology and experimental validation
Market survey on the traditional medicine of the Lijiang area in Yunnan Province, China
Background Traditional markets are important trading places for medicinal plants, and researchers performing market surveys often engage in ethnobotanical research to record the herbal plants used locally and any related traditional knowledge. However, information on market-traded medicinal plants from traditional markets in the Lijiang area of Yunnan is not well documented. This research is an ethnobotanical survey focusing on medicinal plants t…
Causes and Characteristics of Children Unintentional Injuries in Emergency Department and Its Implications for Prevention
Background: Child unintentional injuries have become a hot topic worldwide, and substantial regional disparities existed in causes and characteristics. To date, limited data are available to investigate the causes and characteristics of child unintentional injuries from hospitals for children in China. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2017 and December 2018 in Shanghai, China. Patients aged <18 years with an unintent…
Simulation of the impacts of native vegetation and polyacrylamide on hydraulic properties and heavy metal concentrations at mine dumps
The ecological restoration of mine dumps is challenging because of the loose soil structure, toxic heavy metal, and severe soil erosion at such sites. The impacts of native grass and polyacrylamide (PAM) on the soil sediment concentration, hydraulic properties, and heavy metals at mine dumps were investigated via scouring tests with a flow discharge of 90 L min −1 . In the initial stages of the tests, fluctuating decreasing trends in the soil sed…
One year after Covid
Based on a large Online Survey of Micro-and-small Enterprises (OSOME) conducted in March 2021 on micro-and-small enterprises and self-employed businesses (MSEs) operating on the Alipay platform, this paper examines the operational status, challenges, responses, and confidence of MSEs after exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year in China. The operational status of micro-and-small enterprises has significantly improved despite cash flow …
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development. This literature has given rise to debates over the design of institutions and policies to facilitate accelerated mechanization, the role of outsourcing services in overcoming problems of access to machinery, and questions regarding the future of smallholder agriculture. We contribute to these debates using two pairs of complementary demand …
Moving Umbrella”
This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the transfer of a local leader between prefecture cities is associated with about 3% increase in interregional investment along the direction of transfer. The comoving firms purchase larger parcels of land and at lower prices. They also exhibit a higher likelihood of…
Deadly discrimination
We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the “missing girls” phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increases work-related mortality. Drawing from a broad range of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in Chin…
Ethnobiological study on traditional medicinal plants and fungi recorded in the Naxi Dongba sutras
Background The Naxi people, living in Southwest China, have a long history and rich characteristic culture. Their ancestors recorded their life practices by ancient hieroglyphs and gradually formed the Dongba Sutras, which, among other knowledge, included the traditional knowledge of Naxi medicine. In the past, most studies on the Dongba Sutras focused on the humanistic culture of Naxi people, whereas studies have rarely focused on Naxi herbal me…
The effects of prenatal exposure to temperature extremes on birth outcomes
The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance
Significance Most of the population in developing countries live in places with unsafe air. Utilizing variations in transitory and cumulative air pollution exposures for the same individuals over time in China, we provide evidence that polluted air may impede cognitive ability as people become older, especially for less educated men. Cutting annual mean concentration of particulate matter smaller than 10 μm (PM10) in China to the Environmental Pr…
Happiness in the air
The Competitive Saving Motive
The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that emphasize life cycle factors, the precautionary saving motive, financial development, or habit formation. This paper proposes a new competitive saving motive: as the sex ratio rises, Chinese parents with a son raise their savings in a competitive manner in order to improve their son’s relative attractiveness for marriage. The pressu…
Home ownership as status competition
Rural Industrialization in China and India
Positional spending and status seeking in rural China
The effects of prenatal exposure to temperature extremes on birth outcomes
Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh
Moving Umbrella”
This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the transfer of a local leader between prefecture cities is associated with about 3% increase in interregional investment along the direction of transfer. The comoving firms purchase larger parcels of land and at lower prices. They also exhibit a higher likelihood of…
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development. This literature has given rise to debates over the design of institutions and policies to facilitate accelerated mechanization, the role of outsourcing services in overcoming problems of access to machinery, and questions regarding the future of smallholder agriculture. We contribute to these debates using two pairs of complementary demand …
From "Made in China" to "Innovated in China
After more than three decades of high growth based on its low-wage advantage and relatively favorable demographics-in combination with market-oriented reforms and openness to the world economy-China is at a crossroads with a much higher wage and a shrinking work force. Future growth will depend, by necessity, more on the generation of increased productivity, and domestic innovation will play an important part in this. In this paper, we assess the…
Reforms, Investment, and Poverty in Rural China
China, Economic Development and Mortality Decline
The Road to Specialization in Agricultural Production
Overcoming Successive Bottlenecks
Do elected leaders in a limited democracy have real power? Evidence from rural China
Market survey on the traditional medicine of the Lijiang area in Yunnan Province, China
Background Traditional markets are important trading places for medicinal plants, and researchers performing market surveys often engage in ethnobotanical research to record the herbal plants used locally and any related traditional knowledge. However, information on market-traded medicinal plants from traditional markets in the Lijiang area of Yunnan is not well documented. This research is an ethnobotanical survey focusing on medicinal plants t…
Short-term trends in China’s income inequality and poverty
In the past three decades, income inequality in China has increased rapidly relative to both China's own past and other countries at similar levels of economic development. Using recent longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this article examines changes in income inequality and poverty prevalence between 2010 and 2012. Surprisingly, we find a modest decline in income inequality as measured by the Gini coefficients in the C…
Production and Productivity Growth in Chinese Agriculture
Deadly discrimination
We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the “missing girls” phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increases work-related mortality. Drawing from a broad range of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in Chin…
Estimating the impact of rural investments in Nepal
Ethnobiological study on traditional medicinal plants and fungi recorded in the Naxi Dongba sutras
Background The Naxi people, living in Southwest China, have a long history and rich characteristic culture. Their ancestors recorded their life practices by ancient hieroglyphs and gradually formed the Dongba Sutras, which, among other knowledge, included the traditional knowledge of Naxi medicine. In the past, most studies on the Dongba Sutras focused on the humanistic culture of Naxi people, whereas studies have rarely focused on Naxi herbal me…
The patterns of patents in China
Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in the past three decades. But empirical studies on the pattern of innovations at the firm level are rather scant primarily due to lack of firm-specific patent data. We have made concerted efforts to match Chinese patent data with a large firm-level database. The matched dataset enables us to examine the patterns of patents at the fir…
Correspondence * Debating China's Peaceful Rise
To the editors (Zhang Xiaoming): China's comprehensive power (especially economic power) has grown at an astonishing pace in the 30 years since the Chinese government brought into effect the policy of reform and opening, drawing the attention of the international community to what has been dubbed ‘China's rise’. This rise and its implications for Western-dominated international society became hot topics in the post-Cold War period, prompting a sp…
One year after Covid
Based on a large Online Survey of Micro-and-small Enterprises (OSOME) conducted in March 2021 on micro-and-small enterprises and self-employed businesses (MSEs) operating on the Alipay platform, this paper examines the operational status, challenges, responses, and confidence of MSEs after exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year in China. The operational status of micro-and-small enterprises has significantly improved despite cash flow …
Does rice farming shape individualism and innovation
Agricultural Research and Urban Poverty
Which Regional Inequality? The Evolution of Rural–Urban and Inland–Coastal Inequality in China from 1983 to 1995
This paper develops a unified empirical framework for describing the relative contribution of rural–urban and inland–coastal inequality to overall regional inequality in China during the 1980's and 1990's. The framework assesses rural–urban and inland–coastal inequalities from the same data set, presents results for a sufficiently long time period to transcend short-term fluctuations, allows for differential price changes, and applies a consisten…
Production and Productivity Growth in Chinese Agriculture
How Does Globalisation Affect Regional Inequality within A Developing Country? Evidence from China
Developing countries are increasingly concerned about effects of globalisation on regional inequality. This paper develops an empirical method for decomposing the contributions of two major driving forces of globalisation, foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI), on regional inequality and applies it to China. Even after controlling for many other factors, globalisation is still found to be an important factor contributing to the wideni…
Agricultural Research and Urban Poverty
Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
China, Economic Development and Mortality Decline
Reforms, Investment, and Poverty in Rural China
Spatial inequality in education and health care in China
Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China
The paper constructs and analyzes a long‐run time series for regional inequality in China from the Communist Revolution to the present. There have been three peaks of inequality in the last fifty years, coinciding with the Great Famine of the late 1950s, the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s, and finally the period of openness and global integration in the late 1990s. Econometric analysis establishes that regional inequality is expl…
Introduction
Since the start of the economic reform process in China a quarter of a century ago, there have been spectacular increases in per capita income and equally spectacular reductions in income poverty
Fiscal decentralization and political centralization in China
Rural Industrialization in China and India
Why does the Great Chinese Famine affect the male and female survivors differently? Mortality selection versus son preference
Correspondence * Debating China's Peaceful Rise
To the editors (Zhang Xiaoming): China's comprehensive power (especially economic power) has grown at an astonishing pace in the 30 years since the Chinese government brought into effect the policy of reform and opening, drawing the attention of the international community to what has been dubbed ‘China's rise’. This rise and its implications for Western-dominated international society became hot topics in the post-Cold War period, prompting a sp…
Positional spending and status seeking in rural China
China's regional disparities
This paper assesses the evolution of regional disparities in China, and brings information and trends up to date. Based on this assessment, it presents the broad outline of a strategy to harmonize growth and regional equity. We consider three elements of this strategy: infrastructure, social investment and protection, and governance reform. Specific policies within this broad strategy are then discussed in light of international experience. We al…
China has reached the Lewis turning point
Infrastructure and Cluster Development
Clustering is an important structure of production in the rural nonfarm sector. Based on a primary survey of rural handloom clusters in Ethiopia, this article examines the mechanism and performance of clustering. Given weak financial institutions, clustered producers and traders use trade credits to ease working capital constraints. Moreover, geographical clustering enables entrepreneurs with limited capital to enter the business through shared w…
Estimating the impact of rural investments in Nepal
The Competitive Saving Motive
The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that emphasize life cycle factors, the precautionary saving motive, financial development, or habit formation. This paper proposes a new competitive saving motive: as the sex ratio rises, Chinese parents with a son raise their savings in a competitive manner in order to improve their son’s relative attractiveness for marriage. The pressu…
Effect of Siam weed extract and its bioactive component scutellarein tetramethyl ether on anti-inflammatory activity through NF-κB pathway
Overcoming Successive Bottlenecks
Do elected leaders in a limited democracy have real power? Evidence from rural China
Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency
Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh
Economics (37 works) · China (35 works) · Geography (27 works) · Political science (22 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Economic growth (16 works) · Business (14 works) · Development economics (12 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (11 works) · Market economy (11 works)