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Growing against the background of colonization? : Chinese labor market and FDI in a historical perspective

Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Tian, Yunhua - 2018

This article investigates how the legacy of colonization shapes the impact of inward FDI on employment in the Chinese labor market. The analysis utilizes provincial panel on overall employment and employment in the service sector during 2006-15. We find that inward FDI significantly promotes...

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Confucius Institute, Belt and Road Initiative, and internationalization

Wang, Hao; Han, Yonghui; Fidrmuc, Jan; Wei, Dongming - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Center for …; … - 2020

In this paper, we study the role of Confucius Institute in supporting internationalization of Chinese enterprises. Employing a panel dataset containing 66 Belt-Road countries and 75 non Belt-Road countries from 2006 to 2017, we find that the Confucius Institute has had a positive effect on...

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A spatial analysis of inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality : evidence from China

Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2020

with respect to entry modes and sectoral distribution. On the basis of a panel dataset covering 30 provinces in China from …

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The elusive quest for the holy grail of an impact of EU funds on regional growth

Fidrmuc, Jan; Hulényi, Martin; Zajkowska, Olga - 2019

We analyze the impact of EU structural and cohesion funds on economic growth of European regions, using 2SLS to tackle the potential problem of endogeneity, and estimating a spatial model to account for inter-regional spillovers. We use the presence of environmentally protected areas (under the...

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What stayers do? : capital endowments and on-farm transitions in Rural China

Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi; Luo, Mingzhong - 2018

While much research on China has focused on rural to urban migration and transitions of rural households away from …

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Whither China? : reform and economic integration among Chinese regions

Fidrmuc, Jan; Fidrmuc, Jarko; Huang, Shuo - 2013

This paper investigates the changing nature of economic integration in China. Specifically, we consider business … the symmetry of shocks. -- VAR model ; business cycle synchronization ; China ; reform …

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Unemployment, growth and speed of transition in China

Fidrmuc, Jan; Huang, Shuo - 2013

We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the … China, furthermore, appears to be close to the level associated with optimal speed of transition. …

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