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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083803
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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320401
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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Transport infrastructure has represented one of the cornerstones of development and cohesion strategies in the European … controversial. This paper revisits the question of to what extent transport infrastructure endowment -- proxied by regional … motorways -- has contributed to regional growth in the EU between 1990 and 2004. It analyses infrastructure in relationship to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084543
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Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China’s Poor Village Investment Program
Park, Albert; Wang, Sangui - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We conduct the first systematic evaluation of the world’s largest community-based development program--China’s flagship … poverty alleviation program began in 2001 which finances public investments in designated poor villages based on participatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468658
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One Third of the World's Growth and Inequality
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper studies growth and inequality in China and India – two economies that account for a third of the world … countries. For personal income inequalities in a China-India universe, the forces assuming first-order importance are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498030
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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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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities
Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084232
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Geographic Access Rules and Investments
Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We analyze competition between vertically integrated infrastructure operators that provide access in different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083224
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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance
Bernard, Andrew B.; Moxnes, Andreas; Saito, Yukiko U. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262884
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A Political Economy Model of Infrastructure Allocation: An Empirical Assessment
Cadot, Olivier; Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stephan, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
This paper proposes a simultaneous-equation approach to the estimation of the contribution of transport infrastructure … accumulation to regional growth. We model explicitly the political-economy process driving infrastructure investments; in doing so … that shape infrastructure policy. Our empirical findings on a panel of France's regions over 1985-91 suggest that influence …
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