Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

A longitudinal study of perceived employability and psychological health among Chinese college students

The decline in psychological well-being among students in higher education has been increasingly documented. Despite growing recognition of perceived employability as consequential for employees’ well-being in the labor market, less is known regarding its specific association wit...

Chinese-style intergenerational support: reciprocity or exploitation?

As China faces accelerating population aging, intergenerational support and reciprocity within families have drawn increasing scholarly attention. Using panel data from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS) between 2018 and 2023, this study empirically examines the e...

Engels’s Anti-Schelling Thesis: Intellectual Origins, Core Contents and Contemporary Implications

The critical essays that Friedrich Engels wrote between 1841 and 1842 with the aim of criticizing the philosophy of revelation of the German classical philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling possess significant theoretical and practical importance in the history of the...

GloSVeT: a global 0.05° monthly mean surface soil and vegetation component temperature dataset (2003–2023)

Current satellite-derived land surface temperature (LST) products represent a mixed radiative signal that integrates soil and vegetation contributions, obscuring the physical mechanisms controlling surface energy partitioning and ecosystem functioning. To overcome this limitation...

Ancient mitochondrial genomes of Erlitou dogs reveal diverse population dynamics during early state formation in China

The Erlitou site (c. 1750 to 1520 cal BC) in the Central Plains of China is widely regarded as the earliest state-level society in East Asia, yet the population history of domestic dogs within this key archaeological context remains poorly understood. Here, we analyze 21 ancient...

Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China

More than a decade of multidisciplinary research has identified a collection of cranial, facial and dental remains of Denisovans from across Asia, providing insight into their cranial capacity, appearance, diet and evolutionary history. However, our understanding of their spatiot...

Reassessing global trade and welfare impacts of EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism in developing countries: a structural quantitative model

The European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has been agreed on since 2023, while the discussions, especially in developing members that have higher carbon intensity, are still underway. Here, we used a structural quantitative trade model to analyze how the EU CBAM affe...

Can the use of clean energy improve the cognitive ability of the rural elderly? Evidence from clean heating policy in northern China

Abstract The clean transformation of traditional energy sources is of great significance for the formation and development of human capital in rural areas. We use 5-wave survey from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) between 2011 and 2020, and based on th...

Mission-oriented investment and South-South industrial cooperation: theoretical foundations and empirical analysis

Abstract Industrialization remains a central objective for countries of the Global South, yet for many it has remained elusive. This paper investigates whether and how China’s outward investment cooperation can help mitigate the obstacles to industrialization in these countries....

Transport infrastructure and health equity among older adults: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment on high-speed rail in China

Against the backdrop of rapid population aging, large-scale intercity transportation infrastructure not only improves regional accessibility but also reshapes patterns of resource distribution and social interaction, thereby influencing the health and health equity of older adult...

Grinding en route to sedentism: Plant processing in the 8 ka-BP southern Mongolian Plateau, China

Plant food exploitation has long been considered one of the most significant windows to understanding the process of sedentism. Two early Neolithic sites, Yumin (ca. 8,400-7,600 cal BP) and Simagou (ca. 7,500-7,000 cal BP), witnessed the earliest onset of a sedentary lifeway in t...

Analysis of the evolution of South-South Cooperation from the perspective of Southern Identity

Abstract We propose the term “Southern Identity” to encompass the concepts of the Third World, developing countries and the Global South, establishing a logical counterpart to Western Identity. The concepts of the Third World, developing countries and the Global South arose withi...