China's government is promoting the shift towards a consumption-based economy since a few years. The explicit goal to … paper, we raise the hypothesis that soaring wages negatively affect FDI inflows to China and alter the distribution of FDI … the distribution of FDI within China. In addition, we show that the changes in China's economic strategy improve the …

Since the 1980s, China's government has eased restrictions on internal migration. This easing, along with rapid growth … China, especially during the 1990s. However, other important economic and socio-political determinants of interprovincial … gravity model of interprovincial migration in China that includes as explanatory variables: migrant networks in the …

(SOEs) on employment growth, using firm level data for China and a combination of propensity score matching and difference …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …

satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account …

We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and …

solid fuel on depressive symptoms using a nationally representative dataset of middle-aged and older population in China …

This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching … interviews in China, we are able to estimate the relationship between local concentration of particulate matter and individual …