We use household-level panel data from China and a quantitative framework to document the ex- tent and consequences of … to land institutions in rural China that disproportionately constrain the more productive farmers. These frictions reduce … aggregate agricultural productivity in China by affecting two key margins: (1) the allocation of resources across farmers …

We use household-level panel data from China and a quantitative framework to document the extent and consequences of … to land institutions in rural China that disproportionately constrain the more productive farmers. These frictions reduce … aggregate agricultural productivity in China by affecting two key margins: (1) the allocation of resources across farmers …

We use comparable micro level panel data for 14 countries and a set of identically specified empirical models to …

. We next consider the ability of village-level elections in rural China to reduce rent seeking, and the extent to which …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality in China from 1987 to 2002, employing three … document significant increases of inequality within China’s urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality …

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … quantifying their contributions to growth. In this paper, we develop a three-sector dynamic model to quantify the sources of China … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

This paper examines the impact of China's falling import tariffs on the organization of exports between ordinary and …

industrial upgrading in a developing economy through an analysis of the mobile telecom sector in China. Over the last decade …, China has become the world's largest market for mobile phones, and domestic Chinese firms have been able to take advantage …