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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng - 2007

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …

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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - 2013

income trap as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese … China's IKC generates patents in China, but fewer than in major industrialized economies. Among domestically owned …

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How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election

Liu, Gordon G.; Kwon, Ohyun; Xue, Xindong; Fleisher, … - 2014

China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009 …

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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia

Fleisher, Belton M.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004

a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …

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Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education In China

Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Li, Shi; Wang, Xiaojun - 2000

during China’s reform between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus … budget-constraint effects as China’s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by …

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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring: Evidence from the China great leap forward famine

Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010

offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is …

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Evolution of the industrial wage structure in China since 1980

Kwon, O. Hyun; Fleisher, Belton M.; Deng, Quheng - 2011

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in … contributed to wage inequality due monopoly rent sharing. We show that the industrial wage dispersion in China has evolved to …

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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia

Fleisher, Belton M.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784595

Returns to Schooling in China Under Planning and Reform

Fleisher, Belton M.; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

We estimate returns to schooling using a retrospective work history survey covering more than 4,000 workers over the period 1950 to 1994, with particular emphasis to the returns to schooling for workers who attended institutes of higher education and who graduated from college. We find evidence...

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Innovation, Wages, and Polarization in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Su, Yaqin; … - 2018

Using data from CHIPS 1995-2013, we find polarization of employment from middle-income Skilled jobs to work in the Unskilled and Self-Employment job categories. This redistribution of employment is consistent with the automation of routine noncognitive tasks in the skilled sector as analyzed in...

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