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Recent theories of the Long Divergence between Middle Eastern and Western European economies focus on Middle Eastern (over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious (Islamic) law. These theories take as exogenous the...
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model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China's accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions …, China will become a net seller of emission permits and steadily reduce emissions, possibly below their 2004 level until 2030 … on Chinese welfare will not significantly change when China joins the Post Kyoto regime. …
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We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in … students enrolled in Chinese higher education institutions has increased dramatically; China is producing serious scholars and … students find a rising interest in receiving education in China. …
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workers in urban China, considering both migrants from rural areas (rural migrants) and those from other urban areas (urban …
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five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea: M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la … explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly Choson Korea) and their path … institutional evolution between China and Japan, which also clarifies the simplicity of prevailing arguments that identify East …
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We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in … students enrolled in Chinese higher education institutions has increased dramatically; China is producing serious scholars and … students find a rising interest in receiving education in China. …
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In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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's Republic of China (PRC). Among them are the foundations laid in the pre-1978 era, especially in respect of land …
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We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … expenditure is more unequally distributed than income in urban areas. China has a much stronger correlation in individual ranks …
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More than half a century has passed since the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961), and China has transformed from a poor … an adverse effect on wealth, and it is even present among the wealthiest cohort of individuals in present-day China. …
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