Does the New Rural Pension Scheme improve residents’ livelihoods? Empirical evidence from Northwestern China

• Yan Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center of Minority Studies in Northwest China, College of History and Culture, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Lisheng Zhao ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  * E-mail: zhaolsh@lzu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Center of Minority Studies in Northwest China, College of History and Culture, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-701X

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• Yubing Fan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Vernon, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-3564

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• Bingxue Xie

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Center of Minority Studies in Northwest China, College of History and Culture, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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