About the Authors

Louise Lu

Affiliation Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Chengfang Liu

cfliu.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn

Affiliation Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Linxiu Zhang

Affiliation Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Alexis Medina

Affiliation Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Scott Smith

Affiliation Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Scott Rozelle

Affiliation Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL CL AM SS SR LZ. Performed the experiments: LL CL. Analyzed the data: LL CL AM SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL CL AM SS LZ SR. Wrote the paper: LL AM CL.