Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …

We propose a dynamic spatial theory to analyze the geographic impact of climate change. Agricultural and manufacturing … affects the spatial distribution of economic activity, trade, migration, growth, and welfare. We assess quantitatively the … impact of migration and trade restrictions, energy taxes, and innovation subsidies. …

We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a … external markets does not. Therefore, large agglomeration economies prevail in China and they are more localised than in …. Overall, these results strongly support the productivity gains that can be expected from further migration and urbanisation in …

, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign surplus. The theory makes only minimal deviations from a neoclassical … assets, generating a foreign surplus. We test some auxiliary implications of the theory and find robust empirical support. …

We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …