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Evolution of the Industrial Wage Structure in China Since 1980
Kwon, O Hyun; Fleisher, Belton M.; Deng, Quheng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225771
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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721628
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How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election
Liu, Gordon G.; Kwon, Ohyun; Xue, Xindong; Fleisher, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751646
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822282
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Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education In China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Li, Shi; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000
during China’s reform 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652593
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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
Fleisher, Belton M.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784595
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Returns to Schooling in China Under Planning and Reform
Fleisher, Belton M.; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
We estimate returns to schooling using a retrospective work history survey covering more than 4,000 workers over the period 1950 to 1994, with particular emphasis to the returns to schooling for workers who attended institutes of higher education and who graduated from college. We find evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784681