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This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the … the 40-year period, the growth rate of adult height increased, with the most substantial increase occurring in the 1980s …. One important contributing factor to the growth of adult height is the continued increase in government per capita …
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This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and …
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Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China's transition - both income and occupational … employ data from the three most recent population censuses of China to explore differences in the labor force participation … rates of a number of China's important ethnic groups. We estimate urban labor force participation rates using probit …
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The existence of economic slack or inefficiency is a common phenomenon of economies that operate under mandatory central planning. It implies that the economy operates in the interior of its set of production possibilities and not on its frontier. It also implies that output can be increased...
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