Does Migration Matter? The Impacts on Senior Food and Nutrition Security in Rural China

Min-Fang Wei

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2022, vol. 10, issue 01

Abstract: Dramatic economic development in China has been associated with increasing ruralurban migration in the past decades. However, while most elders were left behind in rural hometowns, it is unclear whether the family members' migration impacts their food and nutrition security. Drawn from the panel data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey between 2000 and 2011, this is the first study conducted in China to explore these impacts, specifically on rural elders. The results highlight some degree of improvement in elders' food quantity, but not overall quality. Therefore, it is suggested that more attention needs to be paid to disadvantaged seniors' food and nutrition security in rural China.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Political Economy; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319340

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