This paper explores the relationship between the relative size of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector …, economic growth, and poverty alleviation using a new database on the share of SME labor in the total manufacturing labor force …

We use firm-level data to identify financial frictions in China and explore the extent to which they can explain firms …

In China, local governments have actively contributed to the growth of new firms. In Russia, local governments have … question then is why this has not happened in China. We argue that the answer lies in the degree of political centralization … present in China, but not in Russia. Transition in China has taken place under the tight control of the communist party. As a …

The path of income inequality in post-reform China has been widely interpreted as "China's Kuznets curve." We show that … agrarian policy reforms. Our findings warn against any presumption that the Kuznets process will assure that China has passed …

distribution of R&D and TFP growth in China during the period 2007--2012. The estimated model fits the Chinese data well. We …

take this classic question to the data by measuring the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth. Our framework … the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth are small causing the real incomes of China's trading partners to …

human capital to China's economic growth. The results indicate that human capital plays a much more important role in China … enrollment in China increased nearly fivefold between 1997 and 2007) while growth rates of GDP are little changed over the period … that there have been decreased in the efficiency of inputs usage in China or worsened misallocation of physical and human …

best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …