extent US firms continue to invest into China and India. I first correlate the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors … in the United States with those of China and India. I find that there is a positive relationship between the correlation …

the form of international trade is a general equilibrium phenomenon and not only an exogenous shockthat can be analysed by … the form of international trade is a general equilibrium phenomenon and not only an exogenous shockthat can be analysed by …

tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …

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 …

Hongbin Li, evaluates the impact of the 8-7 Plan, the second wave of China's poverty alleviation program, on rural income …My dissertation is composed of three essays on Development Economics in China. The first chapter, co-authored with …'s pre-program income fell below a given poverty line, a regression discontinuity approach is employed to estimate causal …

The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity …, implementation stage). The empirical part is based on interviews with farmers. A comparison between certified producers and a control …

The combination of a general greening of international political debate, and the events of 1992 at the Rio Earth summit … have led to great interest in the question of global environmental protection. While it is recognized that international …