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This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
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In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of other world regions in terms of technological creativity, population growth, and income per capita. We argue that superior institutions for the creation and dissemination of productive knowledge...
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In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are … China, urban labor absorption efficiency is higher compared with the western and northern parts of China. Different …
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We see industrialization in China the last 150 years as an ongoing process through which firms acquired and deepened … seriously limit benefits. For a latecomer like China, modern industry initially finds its most success in more labor …-intensive products and processes. China's experience shows that government can both support and obstruct this process. Our review of long …
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As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform and openness, the development and sources … productivity ; labor productivity growth ; provinces ; China …
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China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …
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focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
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versus China, in assessing the detail of the contribution of sectoral mean and inequality evolution to overall inequality …
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Fifty years ago, China sent more than 16 million urban youths aged 16-19 to rural villages to work and they spent …
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In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe a model economy in which...
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