on physical health, while the effect on mental health is limited. Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) covering 12 …

China introduced its stringent family planning policies from the early 1970s, known as the "Later, Longer, Fewer …

Using 2006 China Agricultural Census (CAC), we examine whether the introduction of the New Cooperative Medical System …

We document and discuss the implications of a sharp increase in the regional dispersion of skill premia in China in … of China's integration into the global economy plays a significant and regionally concentrated role in the second period …

/capita, shares in world trade and market capitalization attributable both jointly and single to China, India, and Brazil (the three … time. In contrast the North‐China gap falls from 57.2 to 13.1 between 1990 and 2009, and India from 70.4 to 38.1 using … market exchange rates and from 23.4 to 5.5 for China and from 20.7 to 11.4 for India using PPP rates. We calculate the …

development zones on firm level TFP in China. The difference-in-difference estimator shows that on average, loss of development … three major seaports in China, closure of zones reduced firm-level TFP by 9.62%, whereas closure of zones farther away did … locational heterogeneity. We conclude that China's strategy of using development zones as a place-based policy to encourage …

China's environmental regulators have sought to reduce the Yangtze River's water pollution. We document that this …

Many studies of regional disparity in China have focused on the preferential policies received by the coastal provinces …