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Changing patterns of rural women's employment, production and reproduction in China.
E, Croll - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural … development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers … women workers in agricultural employment and rural industry, household income, living conditions, marriage, family planning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965885
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A Macro-Theoretic Model of the Chinese Economy
Dixon, Huw David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
A stylized model of the Chinese economy is developed with three production sectors: agriculture, non-traded industrial goods, and industrial exports. The state purchases food from farmers by dual-track pricing; urban food sales are subsidized through ration coupons. Marginal prices clear markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123495
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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data set of Chinese SOEs covering the period 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123532
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Growing like China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123794
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Regional Decentralization and the Soft Budget Constraint: The Case of China
Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The majority of enterprises in China are controlled by local governments at the provincial, city, county, township and … lower-level governments of townships and villages in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124311
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Rebalancing Growth in China: A Three-Handed Approach
Blanchard, Olivier J; Giavazzi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Our paper is an attempt to define the contours of the right macroeconomic strategy for China. In a nutshell, we believe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114183
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FDI Spillovers in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector: Evidence of firm heterogeneity
Abraham, Filip; Konings, Jozef; Slootmaekers, Veerle - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
higher in the special economic zone aimed at attracting foreign capital to fasten the development of China’s own high tech …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114334
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Reform Without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual-Track Approach to Transition
Lau, Lawrence J; Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
worked in product and labour markets in China’s economic reform in practice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504255
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China's Great Leap: Forward or Backward? Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster
An, Mark Yuying; Li, Wei; Yang, Dennis Tao - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789139
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Can Production Subsidies Foster Export Activity? Evidence from Chinese Firm Level Data
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; Yu, Zhihong - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Using a unique firm level data set from the Chinese manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the impact of production subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity, although this effect is conditional on firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789202