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Project aid and firm performance
Marchesi, Silvia; Masi, Tania; Paul, Saumik - 2021
This paper evaluates the effect of development project aid from the World Bank and China on firms' sales growth, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612641
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Hukou status, housing tenure choice and wealth accumulation in urban China
Liao, Yu; Zhang, Junfu - 2020
In Chinese cities, migrants with rural hukou, compared to residents with local urban hukou, face more uncertainty, have limited access to mortgage finance, and are less eligible for low-cost housing. A simple model demonstrates that for these reasons, rural- to-urban migrants are less likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306350
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Development and sources of labor productivity in Chinese provinces
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform and openness, the development and sources … of labor productivity has gradually come to the forefront. This paper studies the development and the source of labor … sources and their contributions to labor productivity and provide several policy suggestions. -- development ; labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529189
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Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China
Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - 2012
labor acquired before economic reforms began. As development proceeded, the demand for high skilled labor has grown, and, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537580
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Looking back on the lessons of "higher education and developing countries: peril and promise" : perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E.; Altbach, Philip G.; Rosovsky, Henry - 2016
In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy and thinking in several developing countries. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571936
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Structural transformation and income distribution : kuznets and beyond
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631507
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Impact of temporary migration on long-run economic development : the legacy of the sent-down youth program
Gørgens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Zhao, Guochang - 2024
migration impacted rural economic development in the regions that received a larger number of SDY per capita relative to regions … economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525019