This paper challenges established claims of comparable degrees of market integration in Europe and China on the eve of … process of market disintegration in 221 prefectures of Qing China. Comparing our results with those for grain price panels …

given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained …

We analyze current account imbalances through the lens of the two largest surplus countries; China and Germany. We … observe two striking patterns visible since the 2007/8 Global Financial Crisis. First, while China has been gradually reducing … these two countries, there is a remarkable reversal in the patterns of exchange rate misalignment: China’s currency has …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … that whether SAH inequality is greater in the US or in China depends on the concept of status and the inequality …

This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …

experiment (the effect of boy-boy or girl-girl as the first two children on incremental fertility and mothers’ labor force …

distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform … fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by tempo … effects or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about suboptimally low fertility by suggesting …