The past decade has witnessed significant movements to push manufacturing back to developed countries. Such movements call for raising import tariffs and increasing consumers' valuation on products made from locally sourced components. These factors are believed to motivate local sourcing for...

We investigate the effect of rising labor costs on induced technological change in China's secondary industry. While previous studies have focused primarily on induced technology change in agriculture and in energy production/environmental protection, there has been little evidence relating to...

We investigate the effect of rising labor costs on induced technological change in China's secondary industry. While previous studies have focused primarily on induced technology change in agriculture and in energy production/environmental protection, there has been little evidence relating to...