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Impact of Temporary Migration on Long-Run Economic Development: The Legacy of the Sent-down Youth Program
Gorgens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Zhao, Guochang - 2024
Fifty years ago, China sent more than 16 million urban youths aged 16–19 to rural villages to work and they spent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567541
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Investment Liberalisation, Technology Take-off and Export Market Entry: Does Foreign Ownership Structure Matter?
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; … - 2015
Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As … positively to China's "science and technology take-off". …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531694
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Technical change and total factor productivity growth for Chinese provinces: a panel data analysis
Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - 2006
compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267745
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Investment Liberalisation, Technology Take-off and Export Market Entry: Does Foreign Ownership Structure Matter?
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As … positively to China's "science and technology take-off". …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265651
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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis
Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233841
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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital participation is associated with higher innovative activity. Inward FDI … in the sector has a negative effect on innovative activity in SOEs. However, there is a positive effect of FDI on SOEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703273
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High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This conceptual paper, prepared for a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Migration and Development, is concerned with the international mobility of high-skilled workers, previously referred to as the "brain drain". After discussing the historical background of high-skilled international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822208
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Checkerboards and Coase: Transactions Costs and Efficiency in Land Markets
Akee, Randall - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Coase theorem emphasizes the role transactions costs play in efficient market outcomes. We document inefficient outcomes, in the presence of a transactions cost, in southern California land markets and the corresponding transition to efficient outcomes after the transactions cost is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822319
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Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices
Oh, Jong-Eun; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of development for ranking countries. The first index is nonparametric labelled as Lisbon strategy index (LSI). It is composed of six components: general economics, employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822326
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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822686