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Divergence of human capital in cities in the People's Republic of China : exploring complementarities and spatial agglomeration of the workforce with various skills
Liang, Wenquan; Lu, Ming - 2016
In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor productivity. In this study, we used earlier census data and 1% population survey data to examine the distribution of the skilled workforce in cities in the People's Republic of...
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Urban systems and urban development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming - 2015
suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407544
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Political Governance and Urban System
Lu, Ming; Ou, Haijun; Zhong, Yuejun - 2020
With a self-constructed, unique historical data set for 240 counties that spans over centuries, this paper uses the ‘quasi-natural experiment' of capital relocation in 1421, during China's Ming Dynasty, as an exogenous shock to study the relationship between political governance and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825931
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Urban Systems and Urban Development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao - 2015
suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009440
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Migration in the People's Republic of China
Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran - 2016
opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural-urban migration. The scale of … interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the … lead to more social problems. Policy makers should reconsider the way to achieve efficient and harmonious urbanization by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546628
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City size, migration, and urban inequality in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Binkai; Liu, Dan; Lu, Ming - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between city size, migration, and urban income inequality using the 1% sample of the 2005 Census in the People's Republic of China (PRC). We calculate various measures of within-city income inequality for 252 PRC cities. It is found that city income...
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Urbanization and rural development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming; Ni, Pengtu - 2016
This paper presents research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both urban and … People's Republic of China (PRC), urbanization lags far behind industrialization. Institutional barriers against rural … for rural development, urbanization has propelled agricultural productivity, rural income, and consumption levels …
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Labor mobility and laggard urbanization under institutional restrictions
Lu, Ming - In: China's regional development : review and prospect, (pp. 137-168). 2013
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Urbanization and urban systems in the People's Republic of China : research findings and policy recommendations
Lu, Ming; Wan, Guanghua - In: Journal of economic surveys 28 (2014) 4, pp. 671-685
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City size, migration and urban inequality in China
Chen, Binkai; Liu, Dan; Lu, Ming - In: China economic review : an international journal 51 (2018), pp. 42-58
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