International travel is a key channel of international knowledge diffusion and has been hypothesized to shape large cross-country differences in productivity and income. However, evidence supporting this hypothesis, especially from developing countries, remains scarce. This paper examines the...

China's 1959-1961 famine caused about 15-30 million excess death tolls, standing out as the worst in human history. Despite the striking severity of the catastrophe, little is known about its long-term effects. This paper, using a unique individual level dataset, tries to quantify the long-term...

In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the incentive role of personnel control in post-reform China. Employing the turnover data of top provincial leaders in China between 1979 and 1995, we find that the likelihood of promotion of provincial leaders increases with their economic...