Doctoral Dissertation Research: Rapid Rural Economic Growth

项目负责人：Beverly J. SilverCo-PI: zhanshaohua institution: Johns Hopkins university该研究调查了20世纪80年代和90年代初中国农村经济快速增长的原因。研究人员假设，1949年后政府政策改善了下层阶级的地位和福利，为后来小规模劳动密集型农村企业的出现创造了先决条件。数据将从官方统计数据、政府政策文件和两个村庄（一个在江苏省，另一个在内蒙古）的实地调查中收集。更广泛的影响：中国农村经济的快速增长使2亿多人摆脱了贫困。这项研究为以下问题奠定了基础：这种劳动密集型、资源节约型的模式在中国是否可持续，以及在多大程度上可以在其他地方复制，作为全球生态约束和全球大规模就业不足的解决方案。

SES-1032179PI: Beverly J. SilverCo-PI: Shaohua ZhanInstitution: Johns Hopkins UniversityThe study investigates the causes of rapid rural economic growth in China during the 1980s and early 1990s. The researchers hypothesize that post-1949 governmental policies improving the status and welfare of lower classes created the preconditions for the later emergence of small-scale, labor-intensive rural enterprises. Data will be gathered from official statistics, government policy documents, and field research in two villages (one in Jiangsu Province and the other in Inner Mongolia). Broader Impacts:The rapid rural economic growth in China lifted more than 200 million people out of poverty. This research lays the foundation for asking whether and to what extent this labor-intensive, resource-saving model is sustainable in China and can be replicated elsewhere as a solution to global ecological constraints and mass under-employment worldwide.