industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …

new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … economic growth. The theory thus contributes to the understanding of the advent of divergence and overtaking in the process of … development. Consistently with the theory, the empirical analysis establishes that (i) geographical isolation prevalent in pre …

This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son … mechanisms through which industrialization might have affected relative survival of daughters. We find a significant increase in …

de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …

de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …

Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led …

In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers … under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are …

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 …