The adoption and diffusion of inputs in the production network is at the heart of technological progress. What … existing production network plays a crucial role in the diffusion of inputs and the evolution of technology …

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 … economy. We document and explain new facts concerning changes in production and exports at the industry and firm levels using …

This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People's Republic of … China. It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of 6407 urban households, a continuous measure of health … characteristics and work conditions impact the demand for medical care. Income elasticity is around 0.3, indicating medical care is a …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

The overuse of medical services including antibiotics is often blamed on Physician Induced Demand. But since this … all of these treatments reduce antibiotics prescriptions, suggesting that antibiotics abuse in China is not driven by …

The United States imports intermediate inputs from China, helping downstream US firms to expand employment. Using a … total impact of trading with China is a positive boost to local employment and real wages. The most important factor is …

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

This paper studies how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected labor demand using over 100 million posted jobs on one of the … largest online platforms in China. Our data reveals that, due to the effects of the pandemic both in China and abroad, the … China by 11.7%. We also find that Chinese firms most exposed to international trade outperformed other firms at the …

The rise of China in world trade has brought both benefits and anxiety to other economies. For many policy questions …. By our estimation, the share of domestic content in exports by the PRC was about 50% before China's WTO membership, and …