those without. Using the recent anti-corruption campaign in China as a quasi-experiment, we investigate how endeavors for … counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission … the campaign came into effect in different provincial administrative divisions of mainland China, between individuals with …

We investigate the impacts of trade liberalization on household behaviors and outcomes in urban China, exploiting …

We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one …

in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment …

This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment – the U.S. granting of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China … after China's accession to the World Trade Organization – to examine whether trade liberalization affects the incidence of … child labor in China. PNTR permanently set U.S. duties on Chinese imports at low Normal Trade Relations (NTR) levels and …

China has witnessed rapid increases in the skill premium over the last few decades. In this paper, we study the short …-run effect of capital goods imports on skill premium in China. The surge in capital goods imports, which embody advanced … technology, can explain the rising demand for skills in China. We exploit regional variations in capital goods import exposure …

Coordination of macro-economic development and employment is an essential issue for China's social development, which …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe …