This paper shows that growth of several major infrastructures slowed down after the economic reform started in 1978, China's infrastructure development is quite uneven across regions, and local infrastructure development in many regions has lagged economic growth. It identifies three main...

Evidence from thirty Chinese provinces indicates that education is crucial for economic development. Provinces with the higher average years of schooling in the intial year have higher growth rates of real per capita GDP in the subsequent year. Provinces with higher literacy rates and higher...