preexisting vulnerabilities, the government's mobility restriction policy, institutions (democracy), and culture (individualistic … culture and trust). Preexisting vulnerabilities (that is, the share of the elderly, urbanization, obesity prevalence, and air … restriction, democracy, and culture indicators are not significantly associated with the pandemic outcomes. However, government …

Over the last three decades, China's product, labor, and capital markets have become gradually more integrated within …-rural divide, and Chinese cities tend to be under-sized by international standards. China has also integrated globally, initially …

Although it had a a lower income level than India in 1980, China's 2006 per capita gross domestic product stands more … than twice that of India's. This paper investigates the role of the business environment in explaining China's productivity … advantage using recent firm-level survey data. The analysis finds that China has better infrastructure, more skilled workers …

resources after the "grabbing-the-big-and-letting-go-the-small" privatization program in China. Firms with government … behavior and financing conditions, and provide further evidence on the nature of the misallocation of credit by China …

out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust to …

about the effect of water treatment on education. This paper examines the educational benefits to rural youth in China of a … from having access to treated water. The program can account for the gender gap in educational attainment in rural China in …