Xiaodong Zheng

Biographic Data

ID3927407
NAMEXiaodong Zheng
GIVEN NAMESXiaodong
FAMILY NAMEZheng
SIGNATUREZHENG X
AFFILIATIONSZhejiang Gongshang University
ORCID0000-0002-6658-6492
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The impact of the targeted poverty alleviation program on depression symptoms in rural China

    Open AccessDian Chen, Min Chen et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026

  • Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Multidimensional Child Poverty Dynamics

    Open AccessDian Chen, Min Chen et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2026

    This study examines the long-term evolution of multidimensional child poverty in China between 2010 and 2022 and evaluates the impact of the Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) program implemented from 2014 to 2020. Using longitudinal China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data and the Alkire–Foster method, we construct a multidimensional child poverty framework covering six dimensions and fifteen indicators. We document both temporal trends in overall…

  • Leveraging machine learning in a comparative analysis of rural revitalization policies in China and global best practices

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Xin Zhang et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2026

    This study conducts a comparative analysis of rural revitalization policies in China and five developed nations (the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and South Korea) using a machine learning-driven framework. By examining 71 policy documents, the research categorizes policies into four domains—Market Capital, Balanced Coordination, Government Regulation, and Rural Ethics—and identifies distinct policy typologies. The findings revea…

  • The impact of women’s non-farm employment on child quantity and quality

    Open AccessZixuan Shen, Xiaodong ZhengARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2026

    This study investigates how women’s non-farm employment influences the quantity and quality of children in a rural context. Using a two-way fixed effects model and longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies, we find that the participation of non-farm employment by rural women causes a significant decrease in their actual number of children and has an adverse impact on children’s Chinese test grades. These results can be interpreted as …

  • Bridging consumption divide

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Binyang Lou et al.ARTICLECities2026References: 72

  • Incidence, prevalence, and disease burden of low back pain in China

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Wenjin Han et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Objective: This study aimed to estimate the incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of low back pain (LBP) in China by gender and age based on data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021. Methods: < 0.05) in the disease burden of LBP from 1990 to 2021, and calculate the average annual percentage change (AAPC) to quantify the overall rate of trend change. The Age Period Queue (APC) model is used to explore the long-…

  • Comparative analysis of liver cancer burden trends in China and worldwide between 1990 and 2021

    Open AccessChunrong Chen, Chun‐Rong Chen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 provides comprehensive data on liver cancer burden worldwide. This study aims to analyze and compare the trends in liver cancer burden in China and globally between 1990 and 2021. Methods: Data were extracted from the GBD 2021 database, which includes incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for liver cancer in 204 countries …

  • Cash transfers and children’s non-cognitive skills

    Open AccessDian Chen, Yuru Jiang et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2025

  • A balanced approach to the potential of octopus aquaculture

    Open AccessIan G Gleadall, Roger Villanueva et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2025

    3 pages.-- Data availability: No new data were used for the research described in this communication

  • Are migrants a threat? Migrant children and human capital investments among local households in urban China

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Yanran ZhouARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2024

    The educational spillovers of migrant children in receiving areas have drawn widespread attention in countries undergoing massive internal migration. Yet few studies have explored how migrant students affect the decision-making process of native households. This study examines the effects and underlying mechanisms of internal migrant children on human capital investments among local households in urban China. Leveraging the random student-classro…

  • Childhood left-behind experience and adulthood cognitive abilities

    Open AccessYajun Wang, Xiaodong Zheng et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

  • How do the characteristics of local officials affect land urbanization bubble? A case study of Hangzhou, China

    Open AccessHuan Li, Zhu Qian et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2024

  • Social Spillovers of Parental Absence

    Xiaodong Zheng, Yanran ZhouARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2024

    While the human capital consequences of rural-to-urban migration on left-behind children have been well-documented in developing countries, there is limited evidence regarding the social spillovers of parental migration on households without parent-child separation. This study investigates the effects of migration-induced left-behind children on household human capital investments in their non-left-behind peers. Leveraging the random student-clas…

  • Social Pensions and Children’s Educational Outcomes

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Shuangyue Shangguan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family and Economic…2023

  • Migrating with parents or left-behind

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Yue Zhang et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023

  • Feeding for a brighter future

    Open AccessYanran Zhou, Jingru Ren et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2023

  • Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Dietary Consumption among Chinese Residents

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Yinglin Wang et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected people's daily lives, including their dietary behaviors. Using a panel data set of 31 provinces from 2015 to 2020, this study employed two-way fixed effects (FE) models to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on dietary consumption among Chinese residents. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic positively affected residents' consumption of grain, eggs, dairy, and white meat (poultry and…

  • Women’s Off-Farm Work Participation and Son Preference in Rural China

    Open AccessZixuan Shen, Derek S Brown et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2022Cited by: 3References: 57

  • The impact of women's off-farm employment on depressive symptoms

    Open AccessZixuan Shen, Xiangming Fang et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 4References: 51

  • Internet Use, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Well-Being Among the Elderly

    Open AccessJames Yang, Hua-Lei Yang et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Purpose: The research objectives of this study are to test the scientific propositions of whether Internet use promotes life satisfaction among the elderly, whether there is variability in the effect of Internet use on the well-being of the elderly, and through what channels Internet use affects the elderly's life satisfaction. Method: Using data from the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this paper employed linear regression, ordered lo…

  • Research on International Cooperative Governance of the Covid-19

    Open AccessXueyu Lin, James Yang et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Since the first case of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has quickly spread to all the corners of the world. Amid the global public health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, active cooperative governance has gradually emerged as the most powerful weapon against its spread. To facilitate international cooperation for pandemic governance, this paper applied th…

  • The Factors and Mechanisms That Influence Geospatial Thinking

    Shumin Xie, Xiaodong Zheng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Geography2021

    Geospatial thinking is crucial for understanding the spatial order of the world. The factors influencing geospatial thinking deserve attention in geography education. Utilizing correlation analysis, we found that general intelligence, geographic knowledge, and geographic learning interest had a significant influence on geospatial thinking. This article attempts to understand how these factors affect geospatial thinking by using structural equatio…

  • Internal Migration Experience and Depressive Symptoms among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Yue Zhang et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    This study indicates that there is a significant association between internal migration experience and high risks of depression onset later in life. It is suggested to reduce institutional barriers for migrants and implement evidence-based interventions to improve migrants' mental health

  • Early-life exposure to parental mental distress and adulthood depression among middle-aged and elderly Chinese

    Open AccessXiaodong Zheng, Shuangyue Shangguan et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2021

  • Social Pensions and Child Health in Rural China

    Xiaodong Zheng, Xiangming Fang et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2020

    Social pensions are important cash transfers to the elderly and their families. The pensions may not only affect the wellbeing of the direct recipients, but also have household and intergenerational spillover effects. Using the 2012 and 2014 waves of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data, this paper examines the effect of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) and its mechanisms on child health in rural China. Our study shows a significant asso…