Songqing Jin
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Professor
Food Security Group
Phone:
517-353-4522
Email:
jins@msu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
M.S., Rutgers University
M.S., Zhejiang (Agricultural) University, China
B.S., Zhejiang (Agricultural) University, China
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Dr. Songqing Jin joined the faculty at the Michigan State University in August 2007. He is appointed in the tenure system. His research interests are in the broad areas of microeconomics of international agricultural development. The main part of his research has been focused on rural land tenure and rural land market issues in developing countries.
His past and current research also concerns other development issues such as rural non-farm development, rural labor migration, rural governance and economics of gender inequality. He has conducted fieldwork and other research activities in East Asia, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa countries during the past several years. Before coming to MSU, he was a research economist in the World Bank. He is currently working on Impact Evaluation of the “Scaling Up Sweet Potato Through Agriculture and Nutrition Project.
Research and Outreach Interests
- Land tenure, institutional change, and the emergence and functioning of markets
- Evaluation of agricultural technology and agricultural research systems
- Emergence and evolution of the rural non-farm economy, rural labor markets and migration
- Gender inequality in informal labor markets, political positions, and human capital investments.
Teaching Experience
- AEC 835: Introductory Econometrics (2008, 2009, 2011-Current/Spring Semester)
- AEC 961: Advanced Agricultural Development Economics (2013, 2014 / Spring Semester)
- EC 850: Growth, Development, and Human Resources (2010, 2012)
Related Work
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Structural Transformation of the Agricultural Sector in Low- and Middle- Income Economies
Published on May 5, 2022
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Growing Pains: Timing of In Utero Rainfall Shocks and Child Growth in Rural Rwanda
Published on April 1, 2021
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Land size and productivity in the livestock sector: evidence from pastoral areas in China
Published on February 25, 2021
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The impact of health insurance on healthcare service use and costs: evidence from rural China
Published on February 25, 2021
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Property rights reform to support China’s rural ‐ urban integration: household‐level evidence from the Chengdu experiment
Published on February 25, 2021
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Do farmers gain internet dividends from E-commerce adoption? Evidence from China
Published on February 25, 2021
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Gender discrimination in China: Experimental evidence from the job market for college graduates
Published on February 25, 2021
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A driver or a placebo? The role of financial support in farmer cooperative development in China
Published on February 25, 2021
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