prices of East Asian economies including China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. We find significant and positive …

over a single generation. China now seems poised to follow a similar trajectory. All three cases highlight the importance …

their individual savings rates by age. Using unique data from China that enable the re-construction of whole families and … young in China would be 21% lower if housing prices were at the same ratio to disposable incomes as that observed in the …

particular the Limarí Valley); (3) China (in particular, the North); (4) South Africa; and (5) the western United States. It …

We examine the price and variety of products at the barcode level in cities within China and the United States. In both … countries, there is a greater variety of products in larger cities. But in China, unlike the United States, the prices of … follows that the cost of living for grocery-store products in China is lower in larger cities. We further compare the cost …

Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of ….S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common misunderstandings by providing a statistical portrait of …

We analyze the effects of China's rapid export expansion following WTO entry on U.S. prices, exploiting cross … with reduced U.S. tariff uncertainty, expanded export participation. We find that China's WTO entry significantly reduced … comes from the entry of new Chinese exporters. China's WTO entry also led other countries exporting to the U.S. to lower …