
Scott Rozelle, PhD
Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow, FSI; Affiliated Faculty, CDDRL; and Co-director, REAP
Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
Encina Hall East, E407
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Research Interests
Themes related to China, especially agricultural policy, the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions, and the economics of poverty and inequality.
Scott Rozelle's Home Page (with full list of publications)
Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of the Rural Education Action Program in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He currently is a member of several organizations, including the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. Rozelle also serves on the editorial boards of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the China Economic Review.
His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with: agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition.
Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policymakers. He is the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; a co-director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center; and a member of Stanford's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and Food, Security, and the Environment Program.
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier; and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.
Publications
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- Does it Pay to be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China
John Giles, Scott Rozelle, Jian Zhang
CDDRL Working Paper (2013)
- Are Elite University Graduates Aiding China’s Transition to an Innovation-based Economy? Results from a Career Choices Survey among Would-be Innovators in China and the United States
Linxiu Zhang, Eli Pollak, Ross Darwin, Matthew Boswell, Scott Rozelle
Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics (2013)
- Gender Inequality in Education in China: A Meta-Regression Analysis
Junxia Zeng, Xiaopeng Pang, Linxiu Zhang, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle
Contemporary Economic Policy (2013)
- Eggs versus Chewable Vitamins: Which Intervention Can Increase Nutrition and Test Scores in Rural China?
Max Kleiman-Weiner, Renfu Luo, Linxiu Zhang, Yaojiang Shi, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle
China Economic Review vol. 24 (2013)
- The Impact of Vouchers on Preschool Attendance and Elementary School Readiness: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural China
Alex Wong, Renfu Luo, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle
Economics of Education Review (2013)
Events & Presentations
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China and Africa: Are there Lessons for Development?
April 17, 2013 FSE, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC Symposium
Scott Rozelle, Alain de Janvry
Video available
paper, 2 presentations available
Teaming Up to Learn How to Overcome Anemia: Nutritional Education and Mobile Messaging Design for Household Engagement
January 25, 2013 FSI Stanford, FSE Seminar Series
Scott Rozelle, Dan Schwartz- The Real China Threat: Why Might We Need to Worry About a Stagnating China?
May 22, 2012 FSI Stanford Lecture
Scott Rozelle - Will China Fall into a Middle Income Trap? Growth, Inequality and Future Instability
December 6, 2011 FSI Stanford Conference
Jean C. Oi, Nicholas Hope, Scott Rozelle, T. Sicular, Li Hongbin, Liu Shouying, Xueguang Zhou, Thilo Hanemann, Cai Fang, Beatriz Magaloni, J. Edward Taylor, Martin Carnoy, Francisco Ferriera, Gi-Wook Shin, Kwon Daebong, Andrew G. Walder
12 presentations available - The Best Buy Health and Nutrition Toolkit: Researching the Effectiveness of Improving Educational Outcomes in Rural China
September 30, 2011 FSI Stanford Research Presentation
Scott Rozelle, Paul H. Wise, Patricia Foo
Research Programs & Projects
Rural Education Action Program (REAP)
FSI Stanford, FSE Program
Biofuels and Food Security in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Pathways of impacts and assessments of investments
FSI Stanford, FSE Project (Completed)
Impacts of ENSO Events on Chinese Rice Production and the World Rice Market
FSI Stanford, FSE Project (Completed)






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