to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …

neither poor nor rich in the developed world, we estimate that China's global middle class grew rapidly after 2002, reaching …

to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …

global middle class in China and 33 other countries and analyze China's expanding middle class in international perspective …. China's global middle class has grown rapidly and has been catching up with that in developed countries. By 2018 China …'s global middle class constituted 25 percent of China's population; in absolute size it was nearly double the size of the …

In contrast to their relative standing in today's labor market, in 1960 U.S.-born men in all Asian groups earned … plausibly account for it, such as Asian/white differences in schooling, labor force participation, entrepreneurial and … effects on the 1960 wage gap and its subsequent reduction. Our findings suggest that anti-Asian labor market discrimination …

from poor countries to rich countries. Further, we focus exclusively on the self-employment participation among south Asian … reduces the likelihood of being self-employed. In fact, a South Asian immigrant with higher educational attainment has 10 …

-generation populations of key Hispanic and Asian immigrant groups. In addition, our results suggest that ethnic attrition generates … Asian counterparts. Finally, although changes to the CPS Hispanic origin and race questions adopted in 2003 have …

where this concern is mitigated. Namely, we show that there is a substantial penalty against Asian Americans in admissions … with limited scope for omitted variables to overturn the result. This is because (i) Asian Americans are substantially … predicts admissions extremely well. Our preferred model shows that Asian Americans would be admitted at a rate 19% higher …

Using confidential and restricted-access microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that Asian-owned businesses are … likely to hire employees than white-owned businesses in the United States. Asian firms also have mean annual sales that are … to the relative success of Asian businesses. We find that Asian-owned businesses are more successful than white …