J C Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 52835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J C Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | J C |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | South China Agricultural University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7343-5676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Solar photovoltaic adoption and poverty alleviation: Experience from rural China
Solar photovoltaic (PV) has been increasingly adopted in past years. This study provides empirical analysis using a county-level dataset that supported PV poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) in rural China over 2008–2019 and finds that the rural per capita income of counties participating in PPAPs on average increased by 5 per cent compared to that of their counterparts. The effect is larger in more economically developed areas, those with abund…
Lowering the Top and Raising the Bottom
While economic inequality undermines social cooperation globally, China’s widening income gap makes sustaining social cohesion a critical policy issue. This study empirically examines how two distinct strategies—lowering the top (reducing the income share of the top earners) and raising the bottom (increasing the income share of the bottom earners)—asymmetrically affect prosocial behavior. In a randomized experiment, we find that a raising-the-bo…
Gender Differences in Whether and How Perceived Inequality Hampers Self-Rated Health and Mental Health: Evidence from the Chinese General Social Survey and a Randomized Experiment in China
A substantial body of research has explored the relationship between inequality and health, yet little is known about the gender-specific effects and pathways through which inequality affects health outcomes. This study focuses on China, a country characterized by high income inequality and uneven health distribution across social groups. In Study 1, repeated nationally representative cross-sectional data from the Chinese General Social Survey is…
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China
In an era of rapid aging and shrinking family sizes, only children have gradually become the main providers of old-age support. China offers a unique opportunity to investigate old-age support provision in one-child families due to its strict family planning policies. Using four-wave panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we ask whether old-age support in one-child families is more or less motivated by parental invest…
Social competition and the contingent legitimation of pay differentials in reform-era China
This study extends recent research on the social determinants of the preferences for distributive disparities. We drew on a recent survey of more than 58,000 participants from 335 large cities in mainland China and measured pay differentials with a vignette experiment about allocating bonuses between two secretaries of different performance levels. Our ordinal regression models adjust for city-level random effects and exploit variation in early-a…
Asymmetrical Attribution of Performance in China
Existing studies of the impact of economic development on political trust in China have two major gaps: they fail to explain how economic development contributes to the hierarchical trust pattern, and they do not pay enough attention to the underlying mechanisms. In light of cultural theory and political control theory, we propose adapting performance theory into a theory of “asymmetrical attribution of performance” to better illuminate the case …
The Rise of Merit-based Inequality Acceptance After Exposure to Competition: Experimental Evidence among Chinese University Students
Uses of artificial and composite treatments in experimental methods: Reconsidering the problem of validity and its implications for stratification research
Does Inequality Cause a Difference in Altruism Between the Rich and the Poor? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Enhancing Self-Motivation in Learning Programming Using Game-Based Simulation and Metrics
Game-based assignments typically form an integral component of computer programming courses. The effectiveness of the assignments in motivating students to carry out repetitive programming tasks is somewhat limited since their outcomes are invariably limited to a simple win or loss scenario. Accordingly, this paper develops a simulation environment in which students can create a game strategy via programming for a challenging strategy-type game. …
Uses of artificial and composite treatments in experimental methods: Reconsidering the problem of validity and its implications for stratification research
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China
In an era of rapid aging and shrinking family sizes, only children have gradually become the main providers of old-age support. China offers a unique opportunity to investigate old-age support provision in one-child families due to its strict family planning policies. Using four-wave panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we ask whether old-age support in one-child families is more or less motivated by parental invest…
Asymmetrical Attribution of Performance in China
Existing studies of the impact of economic development on political trust in China have two major gaps: they fail to explain how economic development contributes to the hierarchical trust pattern, and they do not pay enough attention to the underlying mechanisms. In light of cultural theory and political control theory, we propose adapting performance theory into a theory of “asymmetrical attribution of performance” to better illuminate the case …
The Rise of Merit-based Inequality Acceptance After Exposure to Competition: Experimental Evidence among Chinese University Students
Does Inequality Cause a Difference in Altruism Between the Rich and the Poor? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Enhancing Self-Motivation in Learning Programming Using Game-Based Simulation and Metrics
Game-based assignments typically form an integral component of computer programming courses. The effectiveness of the assignments in motivating students to carry out repetitive programming tasks is somewhat limited since their outcomes are invariably limited to a simple win or loss scenario. Accordingly, this paper develops a simulation environment in which students can create a game strategy via programming for a challenging strategy-type game. …
Does Inequality Cause a Difference in Altruism Between the Rich and the Poor? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
The Rise of Merit-based Inequality Acceptance After Exposure to Competition: Experimental Evidence among Chinese University Students
Uses of artificial and composite treatments in experimental methods: Reconsidering the problem of validity and its implications for stratification research
Asymmetrical Attribution of Performance in China
Existing studies of the impact of economic development on political trust in China have two major gaps: they fail to explain how economic development contributes to the hierarchical trust pattern, and they do not pay enough attention to the underlying mechanisms. In light of cultural theory and political control theory, we propose adapting performance theory into a theory of “asymmetrical attribution of performance” to better illuminate the case …
Social competition and the contingent legitimation of pay differentials in reform-era China
This study extends recent research on the social determinants of the preferences for distributive disparities. We drew on a recent survey of more than 58,000 participants from 335 large cities in mainland China and measured pay differentials with a vignette experiment about allocating bonuses between two secretaries of different performance levels. Our ordinal regression models adjust for city-level random effects and exploit variation in early-a…
Gender Differences in Whether and How Perceived Inequality Hampers Self-Rated Health and Mental Health: Evidence from the Chinese General Social Survey and a Randomized Experiment in China
A substantial body of research has explored the relationship between inequality and health, yet little is known about the gender-specific effects and pathways through which inequality affects health outcomes. This study focuses on China, a country characterized by high income inequality and uneven health distribution across social groups. In Study 1, repeated nationally representative cross-sectional data from the Chinese General Social Survey is…
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China
In an era of rapid aging and shrinking family sizes, only children have gradually become the main providers of old-age support. China offers a unique opportunity to investigate old-age support provision in one-child families due to its strict family planning policies. Using four-wave panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we ask whether old-age support in one-child families is more or less motivated by parental invest…
Solar photovoltaic adoption and poverty alleviation: Experience from rural China
Solar photovoltaic (PV) has been increasingly adopted in past years. This study provides empirical analysis using a county-level dataset that supported PV poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) in rural China over 2008–2019 and finds that the rural per capita income of counties participating in PPAPs on average increased by 5 per cent compared to that of their counterparts. The effect is larger in more economically developed areas, those with abund…
Lowering the Top and Raising the Bottom
While economic inequality undermines social cooperation globally, China’s widening income gap makes sustaining social cohesion a critical policy issue. This study empirically examines how two distinct strategies—lowering the top (reducing the income share of the top earners) and raising the bottom (increasing the income share of the bottom earners)—asymmetrically affect prosocial behavior. In a randomized experiment, we find that a raising-the-bo…
Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Inequality (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works)