We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … its direct contribution to production, educated labor has a much higher marginal product. Moreover, we estimate a positive …, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities …

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 …

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in … contributed to wage inequality due monopoly rent sharing. We show that the industrial wage dispersion in China has evolved to …

income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese … China's IKC generates patents in China, but fewer than in major industrialized economies. Among domestically owned …

China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009 …

This paper describes the Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), a unique data source in terms … of spatial coverage and panel dimension for research on labor markets in China. The survey is a collaboration project …

subjective well-being. This paper focuses on the huge population of rural-to-urban migrants in China. Using a novel dataset, we …

We investigate the role of factor-priced-induced innovation in mediating the employment impact of expanding production … in China. Our empirical approach implements concepts developed in Acemoglu (2010) and complements the approaches … summarized by Wei, Xie, and Zhang (2017) that focus on directly observable aspects of innovation (R&D, patent activity, etc …

during China?s between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus budget …-constraint effects as China?s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by government for students …