Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Organic Foods in China: Bibliometric Review for an Emerging Literature

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May 16;16(10):1713. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101713.

Abstract

We conducted a bibliometric review on a small but promising body of literature on consumers' willingness to pay for organic foods in China. Results found that consumers' health consciousness, individual norms, consumer knowledge, food safety, environmental concerns, animal welfare, and purchasing power are major influencing factors for willingness to pay for organic foods in China. Notably, most research methods utilized are quantitative methods, leading us to call for the adoption of more qualitative, review, or mixed-methods. These findings increase our understanding of the knowledge structure of this emerging context-specific literature.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; China; organic foods; willingness to pay (WTP).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animal Welfare
  • Bibliometrics
  • China
  • Consumer Behavior / economics*
  • Food Safety
  • Food, Organic / economics*
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans