Food consumption and nutrition transition, agricultural transformation

2017/08-2017/12   Michigan State University, visiting scholar

2009/10-2013/05   Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries”, Germany

                               Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

2007/09-2009/07   Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy & Management, China

                               Master in Applied Economics

2002/09-2006/07   Beijing Normal University, China

                               Bachelor in Financial Economics

Tian X.* and von Cramon-Taubadel Stephan (2020): Economic consequences of African swine fever. Nature Food, Views & News, Vol. 1: 196-197.

Tian X.* and von Cramon-Taubadel Stephan (2020): Are only children in China more likely to be obese/overweight than their counterparts with siblings? Economic & Human Biology, Vol. 37.

Huang Y., X. Tian* (2019): Food accessibility, diversity of agricultural production, and dietary pattern in rural China, Food Policy, Vol.84:92-102.

Mwalupaso G., M. Korotoumou, A. Eshetie, J. E. Alavo, X. Tian* (2019): Recuperating dynamism in agriculture through adoption of sustainable agricultural technology - Implications for cleaner production, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 232: 639-647.

Tian X., X. Yu* (2019): Yield Gap and Convergence in African Countries, Food Security, Vol. 11:1305–1319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00972-5. .

Tian X., F. Yi, and X. Yu* (2019): Rising Cost of Labor and Transformations in Grain Production in China, China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 12(1): 158-172. .

Tian X. and H. Wang *(2019): The Impact of Having One Parent Absent on Children’ Food Consumption and Nutrition in China. Nutrients. Vol. 11, 3077; doi:10.3390/nu11123077.

Zhang X., X. Yu, X. Tian, X. Geng, Y. Zhou*(2019): Farm size, inefficiency, and rice production cost in China. Journal of Productivity Analysis.Vol. 52:1-3, 57-68.

Luo Z., X. Tian* (2018): Can China‘s Meat Imports Be Sustainable? A Case Study of Mad Cow Disease, Applied Economics, Vol. 50(9): 1022-1042. 

Tian X. and X. Yu* (2017) :The Quality of Imported Fruits in China. Emerging Market Finance and Trade. Vol. 53: 1603-1618.

Zhan J., X. Tian, Y. Zhang, X. Yang, T. Tan* (2017): The Effects of Agricultural R&D on Chinese Agricultural Productivity Growth: New Evidence of Convergence and Implications for Agricultural R&D Policy, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 65(3): 453-475.

Zhang X., Y. Zhou, X. Geng*, X. Tian (2017): The Intensive and Extensive Margins of China‘s Agricultural Trade, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 65(3): 431-451.

Tian X., X. Zhang, Y. Zhou, and X. Yu* (2016): Regional Income Inequality in China Revisited: A Perspective from Club Convergence, Economic Modelling. Vol. 56: 50-58.

Tian X. and X. Yu* (2015): Using Semiparametric Models to Study Nutrition Improvement and Dietary Change with Different Indices: The Case of China, Food Policy. Vol.53: 67-81.

Tian X. and X. Yu* (2012): The Enigmas of TFP in China: A Meta-Analysis, China Economic Review, Vol.23 (2): 396-414.

Xie Q., H. Wang, C. Ding and X. Tian*(2019) “Rising food accessibility and dietary diversity in the context of urbanization”, Acta Nutrimenta Sinica, Vol.41(1):15-19. (in Chinese)

Tian X. *, Y. Huang, L. Zhong, and H. Wang (2018) “Nutritional status of left-behind children in rural China”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 17(1):247-276. (in Chinese)

Wang S. and X. Tian(2018) “The Impact of Aging Rural Labor on Agricultural Production: An empirical analysis of cultivated land terrain”, Journal of Agritechnical Economics, Vol.4: 15-26. (in Chinese)

Tian X., X. Yu*, and X. Zhang (2016) “Grain Output Potential in China: A Perspective from Club Convergence”. Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), Vol. 4: 112-128. (in Chinese)

Sun D. *, Y. Lu, and X. Tian (2016) “The Impact of Agricultural Production Services on the Technical Efficiency of China’s Rice Production-An Empirical Assessment with Micro Data from Jilin, Zhejiang, Hunan and Sichuan Provinces”. Chinese Rural Economy, Vol. 8: 70-81. (in Chinese)

Teaching

(In Nanjing Agricultural University)

Econometric (Bachelor)

Multivariable Statistics (Bachelor)

Literature Review in Agricultural Economics (Bachelor)

Advanced Macroeconomics (Master)

Food Economics and Management (Master)

Frontier of Applied Economics (PhD)

Advanced Econometric (PhD)

Advanced Development Microeconomics (PhD)

Research

National Nature Science Foundation (71333008)：A research on the supporting policy system of the agricultural subsidy in China, 2014.1-2018.12, Co-PI.

National Nature Science Foundation (71473123)：Transformation of agricultural production and adjustment in farming structure in the context of rising labor cost, 2015.1-2018.12, PI.

Social Science Foundation of National University (SK2014038): Transformation of plantation structure in the context of rising labor cost, 2014.7-2016.6, PI.

National Social Science Foundation (14ZDA037)：A research on establishing a new agricultural operation system, 2015.01-2017.12, participant.

Awards

2020: Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence “Outstanding Reviewer”

2019: “Zhongshan Scholar” of Nanjing Agricultural University

2018: Journal of Integrative Agriculture “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing”

2018: Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence “Outstanding Reviewer”

2018: “333” Project Young Excellent Scholar of Jiangsu Province

2018: “Shengquan Scholar” of Nanjing Agricultural University

2017: Emerald “Outstanding Reviewer”

2017: Elsevier “Outstanding Reviewer”

2015: Zhongshan Young Scholar of Nanjing Agricultural University

2015: Shuangchuang Ph.D. of Jiangsu Province