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-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that village cadres, who are the lowest level of administrators in rural … and non-cadre households in rural China without controlling for unobserved dimensions of ability that are also correlated … who is a cadre. Given the increasing returns to non-agricultural employment since China's economic reforms began, it is …
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The dramatic transition from Communism to market economies across Asia and Europe started in the Chinese countryside in the 1970s. Since then more than a billion of people, many of them very poor, have been affected by radical reforms in agriculture. However, there are enormous differences in...
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production and incomes of China's farmers by region and income group. By linking a global trade model to a national policy model … impacts of a Doha Round agreement on households differ significantly from those of China's WTO accession. China's economy …
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This paper assesses the implications of China's trade and domestic policies for incentives to producers in China. It … incentives have been reduced. In the early 1980s, on average, China's domestic prices were far below international prices. There … narrowed the gap between world and China farmgate prices. By the mid-2000s, China's agriculture was operating with only small …
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This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China's rural labor force. Using a …
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This article examines the impacts of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on prices in its … agricultural sector. The analysis uses a new methodology to estimate nominal protection rates in China's agricultural sector before … its accession to the WTO. These new measures account for differences in commodity quality within China and between China …
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aus. China reduzierte seit Beginn der ökonomischen Reformen Ende der 1970er Jahre in erheblichem Maße die Zahl der Armen … reducing worldwide poverty achieved in to date, however, makes rather sobering reading. China has considerably reduced the … poverty. This paper investigates the issue whether poverty in China's rural areas is rather of a chronic or temporary nature …
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reducing worldwide poverty achieved in to date, however, makes rather sobering reading. China has considerably reduced the … poverty. This paper investigates the issue whether poverty in China's rural areas is rather of a chronic or temporary nature … aus. China reduzierte seit Beginn der ökonomischen Reformen Ende der 1970er Jahre in erheblichem Maße die Zahl der Armen …
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Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. The Middle-Income Trap -- 2. China's Looming Transition -- 3 …. The Worst-Case Scenario -- 4. How China Got Here -- 5. A Shaky Foundation -- 6. Invisible Barriers -- 7. Behind Before …
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