matching bank-firm data from China, we empirically examine the extent, sources and consequences of discrimination. Our unique …

matching bank-firm data from China, we empirically examine the extent, sources and consequences of discrimination. Our unique …

China's long-term economic dynamics pose a formidable challenge to economic historians. The Qing Empire (1644 … between newly rich industrial nations and China's lagging economy in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Only with an … unprecedented growth spurt beginning in the late 1970s did this great divergence separating China from the global leaders …

This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the total effects of famine in China on marital behavior of famine …

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 …

their schooling investments in rural China. The main estimate implies that when a son receives one yuan less in schooling …

We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on … conducted by the China’s Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE) in Beijing. These surveys permit us to construct a set of …

We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance …

We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance …