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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities
Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …
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The Spatial Development of India
Desmet, Klaus; Ghani, Ejaz; O'Connell, Stephen D; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
all fast-growing developing economies. The spatial growth pattern of China looks more similar to that in the U.S. than to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084107
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Regional Growth in Japan
Shioji, Etsuro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The paper investigates the possibility that this discrepancy...
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Urbanisation and Migration Externalities in China
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a … external markets does not. Therefore, large agglomeration economies prevail in China and they are more localised than in … China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084353
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Growing like China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development
Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468688
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Rebalancing Growth in China: A Three-Handed Approach
Blanchard, Olivier J; Giavazzi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Our paper is an attempt to define the contours of the right macroeconomic strategy for China. In a nutshell, we believe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114183
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The Territorial Dynamics Of Innovation In China And India
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Storper, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …. Innovative areas in China, rather than generate knowledge spillovers, seem to produce strong backwash effects. In India, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083752
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Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China’s Economic Geography
Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s Hukou system poses severe restrictions on labor mobility. This paper assesses the consequences of relaxing … these restrictions for China’s internal economic geography. We base our analysis on a new economic geography model. First …, we obtain estimates of the important model parameters on the basis of information on 264 of China’s prefecture cities …
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