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this question in the context of rural public work program (Yigong-daizhen) in China, and unveils empirical evidence that …
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Many fear China’s accession to WTO will impoverish its farmers, via greater import competition in its agricultural … accession are drawn on to examine empirically the real income implications of China’s WTO accession. The results suggest farm …/non-farm income inequality may well rise within China but rural-urban income inequality need not. The Paper concludes with some policy …
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Transport costs play a key role in agricultural markets in developing countries and are one of the causes of poverty amongst farmers that are geographically isolated. Another characteristic of agricultural markets is that they often involve interlinked transactions. However, the existing...
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Natural and agricultural resources for which there is a substantial black market, such as coca, opium, and diamonds, appear especially likely to be exploited by the parties to a civil conflict. On the other hand, these resources may also provide one of the few reliable sources of income in the...
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China was the largest economy in the world before the end of the 19th century; then became one of the poorest countries … in the world in a few decades. Now China is returning to its historical past. To understand China’s development, and to … understand where and how far China will move forward, this paper examines how its institution functioning. …
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Import competition from China is pervasive in the sense that for many good categories, the competitive environment that …
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In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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, the euro and the Chinese renminbi (RMB). It focuses on what we call China’s" dominance hypothesis", i.e. whether the … global financial crisis. These results are consistent with China’s dominance hypothesis and with the view that the … international monetary system is already tri-polar. However, we also find that China’s currency movements are to some extent …
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Performance-based promotion schemes in administrative hierarchies have limitations. Chinese provincial leaders, despite facing strong career concerns, make different policy decisions depending on their career backgrounds. Provincial party secretaries who rose from low to high positions within...
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We use available methods for testing macro models to evaluate a model of China over the period from Deng Xiaoping …
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