This paper examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in China. The analyses are conducted separately … education in rural China is much higher for females than for males. Associated with this, the wage penalty where workers are … females in rural China. These findings are interpreted using the explanations offered for the gender differential in the …

When China acceded to WTO in 2001, there were fears that Chinese firms would lose market share in key sectors to … data and three sectors, we show how the dynamics of competition between Chinese and FIEs in China's domestic market enhance … the upgrading prospects for Chinese firms. China represents a new model of development in several important respects …

Can others learn from China's remarkable growth rate? We explore some indirect determinants of Chinas growth success … frontier. We conclude that such improvements in productive efficiency have been an important part of the explanation for China …

Bt cotton has been cultivated in China for the past 10 years. Limitations of previous studies analyzing the impact of …

During the last few years, the People's Republic of China has become an increasingly important trading partner for … Germany. Particularly in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis that began in 2008, trade with China has been an … is therefore likely that future German export growth rates to China will be lower than in recent years. Further …

The spectacular surge in Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) has been reinforced by China’s accession to … mostly driven by resource-seeking motives (strategic inputs for China’s growth), but also in resource-endowed developed …-seeking motives - rising labour costs in China being incentives for relocating abroad, in particular in labour-intensive sectors where …

The spectacular growth of China has induced major changes for developing countries, in particular low-income Sub …-Saharan African economies. Most of these economies heavily depend on primary commodities for their exports, and China’s demand for … ‘supercycle’ of the 2000s), but also to increased price volatility. China has also become a significant trade partner of Sub …

The large literature on regional inequality in China is hampered by incomplete evidence on price dispersion across … have been to price a national basket of goods and services across China’s different regions or else to estimate a food … all regions. Neither approach is convincing with the data available in China. Moreover, a focus on tradable goods like …

conscience environmental problem in China in the 1970s until today, this study shows that 1) the policy of environmental … China is considered a medium to address the environmental imbalance, it is also a tool to achieve its ambition to become a …