We summarize the economics of recycling municipal solid waste. OECD data suggest that aggregate recycling rates in … member countries have plateaued in recent decades. United States recycling rates for some materials remain low, even after … decades of learning and participation. Major new policies may be required to increase recycling rates. Aggregate recycling …

effects of the monetary policies of the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and of the People's Bank of China on the …

1980s, and, despite China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, changed little throughout the late … the trade growth that followed China's WTO accession was a delayed response to previous reforms rather than a response to …

matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …

effects of trade. We estimate the model using the structural relationship between China-shock driven changes in manufacturing … employment and average earnings across US groups defined by commuting zone and education. We find that the China shock increases …

since 1995. The paper draws on a variety of data sources but most heavily on the recent World Input-Output Database. China …

This paper studies the evolution of China's production and trade patterns during its integration into the global … that capital deepening made China's production and exports more capital-intensive, although labor-biased productivity … growth acted as a counterforce. Consistent with the data, our model demonstrates that China's trade openness peaked around …