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title: "China Household Finance Survey (CHFS): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 349 archived papers mentioned China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Dec 2024 (17)."
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# China Household Finance Survey (CHFS)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory.md)

Chinese household, ageing, health and social surveys.

- data category: China household and social surveys
- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: China Household Finance Survey, CHFS

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All China household and social surveys datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-and-social-surveys.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 349 archived papers mentioned China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Dec 2024 (17).
- China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) was mentioned in 7 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #48 of the 255 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (4), Health Economics and Policy (1), AI (1) and Economics (1).
- Most of them appeared in International Review of Economics & Finance (2), Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (1) and The European Journal of Health Economics (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) was mentioned in 398 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (170), economics (101) and health economics and policy (44).
- 117 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were ETH Zurich (16), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (15) and University of Lausanne (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (54), International Review of Economics & Finance (35) and International Review of Financial Analysis (15).
- The most-cited of them is “What Drives Entrepreneurship in Digital Economy? Evidence from China” (Economic Modelling, 2019), with 306 citations.
- Papers use China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) most often with S&P 500 (21), Economic Policy Uncertainty index (20) and VIX (17); it has 51 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 101 | 129 | 119 | 349 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 56 | 49 | 35 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 29 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 122 | 117 | 98 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 54 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 35 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Transportation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Journal of Family and Economic Issues](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-family-and-economic-issues.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Health Economics Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-economics-review.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 3 | University of Lausanne | 15 |
| 4 | [University of Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-zurich.md) | 14 |
| 5 | University of St.Gallen | 10 |
| 6 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 9 |
| 7 | University of Bern | 8 |
| 8 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 8 |
| 9 | [Beijing Technology and Business University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-technology-and-business-university.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 158 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 86 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 52 |
| 4 | United States | 34 |
| 5 | Germany | 31 |
| 6 | Australia | 19 |
| 7 | Spain | 14 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 11 |
| 9 | France | 7 |
| 10 | Italy | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China Household Finance Survey | 118 |
| 2 | [financial literacy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-literacy.md) | 50 |
| 3 | household finance | 30 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 25 |
| 5 | [urban-rural differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/urban-rural-differences.md) | 24 |
| 6 | digital financial inclusion | 23 |
| 7 | rural households | 22 |
| 8 | [risk preferences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-preferences.md) | 18 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 15 |
| 10 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 14 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 306 | 3.6 | [What Drives Entrepreneurship in Digital Economy? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.09.026) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2019-09-18 | Zhichao Yin, Xue Gong, Peiyao Guo et al. |
| 2 | 203 | 5.4 | [Digital finance and financial literacy: Evidence from Chinese households](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.107005) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2023-09-12 | Junhong Yang, Yu Wu, Bihong Huang |
| 3 | 180 | 5.6 | [Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and artificial intelligence in finance: State-of-the-art and research takeaways](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-10708-3) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2024-02-28 | Tristan Lim |
| 4 | 173 | 4.6 | [Explainable artificial intelligence for digital finance and consumption upgrading](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104489) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2023-09-20 | Linjiang Zhou, Xiaochuan Shi, Yaxiong Bao et al. |
| 5 | 145 | 4.7 | [Sustainable finance literacy and the determinants of sustainable investing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107167) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2024-04-04 | Massimo Filippini, Markus Leippold, Tobias Wekhof |

## Used together with

Papers use China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) most often with S&P 500 (21), Economic Policy Uncertainty index (20) and VIX (17); it has 51 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 21 | 1.1 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 20 | 1.0 |
| [VIX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/vix.md) | Dataset | 17 | 2.1 |
| [China Family Panel Studies (CFPS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-family-panel-studies-cfps.md) | Dataset | 13 | 3.7 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 12 | 1.0 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 12 | 2.1 |
| [National Bureau of Statistics of China](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/national-bureau-of-statistics-of-china.md) | Dataset | 12 | 8.8 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 10 | 1.3 |
| [Peking University Digital Financial Inclusion Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/peking-university-digital-financial-inclusion-index.md) | Dataset | 9 | 22.0 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 9 | 0.2 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 8 | 0.3 |
| [OECD statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oecd-statistics.md) | Dataset | 8 | 2.8 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [How does social trust influence household financial decisions: An explanation based on the “Mystery of Limited Participation”](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2026.103412) | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | Feifei Xia, Zhiguo Ding, Yuanzhu Ding | Jilin University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 2026-10-28 | [Economic evaluation of pertuzumab in early versus late settings of HER2-positive breast cancer: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-026-02007-1) | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | Sandra Hembrecht, Gavin Paul Dowling, Sarah Chiodo et al. | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| 2026-10-23 | [The effects of digital economy on farmers’ subjective well-being](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105939) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Xiao Li, Pengfei Deng, Danyun Tang | Sichuan University; Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-22 | [Mittag-Leffler synchronization of Caputo-Hadamard fractional-order BAM neural networks with and without distributed delays](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134751) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Yang Li, Hongli Li, Zhen Wang et al. | Harbin Institute of Technology; Shandong University of Science and Technology; Southeast University |
| 2026-10-22 | [Business networks and the persistence of entrepreneurship: evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-026-01292-7) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | Han Wang, Neil Lee | University of Southampton; London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2026-10-12 | [The impact of pilot inland free trade zones on household income: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2026.101566) | [Emerging Markets Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/emerging-markets-review.md) | Weixing Wu, Wen Li, Lina Zhang | University of International Business and Economics; Capital University of Economics and Business |
| 2026-10-09 | [The impact of pension fund market entry reform on household risk asset allocation: A financial analysis based on lifecycle theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105964) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Guang Guo, Ying Liu, Wenhao Ling | Henan University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China Household Finance Survey (CHFS). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-finance-survey-chfs

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@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-china-household-finance-survey-chfs,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {China Household Finance Survey (CHFS)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-finance-survey-chfs}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).