Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the …

This paper develops a large-scale, dynamic life-cycle model to simulate Russia's demographic and fiscal transition … under favorable and unfavorable fossil-fuel price regimes. The model includes Russia, the U.S., China, India, the EU, and … Japan+ (Japan plus Korea). The model predicts dramatic increases in tax rates in the U.S., EU, India, and Russia. Indeed …

different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to China's rising export sophistication … the increased overlap between China's export structure and that of high-income countries. Instead, improvement in human … export structure. On the other hand, processing trade, foreign invested firms, and government-sponsored high-tech zones all …