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Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China
Iyer, Lakshmi; Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Zhao, Xiaoxue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state …
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A Phillips Curve for China
Scheibe, Jörg; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
curve for China and show that the output gap, the exchange rate, and inflation expectations play important roles in … relevant to policies regarding possible exchange rate liberalization in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656372
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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. …
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Import competition from and outsourcing to China: a curse or blessing for firms?
Mion, Giordano; Zhu, Linke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
China is different from both other low-wage and OECD countries. Industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing … to China reduce firm employment growth and induce skill upgrading. In contrast, industry-level imports have no effect on … Belgian firm survival, while firm-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854491
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Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables Using Diffusion Indexes in Short Samples with Structural Change
Banerjee, Anindya; Marcellino, Massimiliano; Masten, Igor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We conduct a detailed simulation study of the forecasting performance of diffusion index-based methods in short samples with structural change. We consider several data generation processes, to mimic different types of structural change, and compare the relative forecasting performance of factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666861
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Growing into Trouble: Indonesia After 1966
Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This paper analyses the remarkable growth experience of Indonesia since 1966. Over a thirty-year period, GDP per capita rose more than fourfold, despite unfavourable initial conditions, some weak institutions, and flawed microeconomic policies. The paper attributes this strong performance to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791453
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Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition
Raiser, Martin; Schaffer, Mark E; Schuchhardt, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union involve fundamental shifts in the allocation of resources, and deep changes in the structure of production and employment. This Paper uses a simple model of economic...
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Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason for why poor people remain poor. This Paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion programme to provide empirical evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian central bank mandated that a commercial bank could open a...
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Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts of Economic Growth
Foellmi, Reto; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We present a model in which two of the most important features of the long-run growth process are reconciled: the massive changes in the structure of production and employment; and the Kaldor facts of economic growth. We assume that households expand their consumption along a hierarchy of needs...
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The Simplest Unified Growth Theory
Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper provides a unified growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic development path of industrialized economies, stretching from the pre-industrial era to present-day and beyond. Making strict use of Malthus’ (1798) so-called preventive check...
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