The goal of this paper is to understand the nature of the property rights associated with China's land tenure systems … and associated property rights in rural China affect the production behavior of farmers. The most robust finding is that …

China’s policy-makers argued that WTO accession and the accompanying trade liberalization would have a beneficial … impact on the domestic economy. China’s import tariffs differed tremendously across industry in the earlier years, but …

In this paper, we measure TFP losses in China's non-agricultural economy associated with labour and capital …

We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP) estimates for China …'s manufacturing sector that spans China's entry into the WTO. For our preferred estimate, which adjusts for a number of potential …

In this paper, we measure TFP losses in China's non-agricultural economy associated with labour and capital …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …