A more market-oriented labor market has emerged in China in the past twenty years with growing importance of the urban … exists in the rural sector and state-owned enterprises. The main challenge facing China’s labor market in coming years is to …

This study assesses the economic implications of China''s changing population in the 21st century using a numerical … mobility is high in China, a low fertility rate implies more future capital outflows. But if capital is less mobile, low …

China''s increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its … China''s imports from all regions-especially Asia, where China plays an increasingly central role in regional specialization …. Tariff reforms have been implemented in China since the 1980s; and, with its recent WTO accession, China has committed itself …

The value-added tax (VAT) in China has the unusual feature that capital goods are included in the VAT base. In addition … that domestic producers are not increasingly placed at a disadvantage as China dismantles tariff and nontariff barriers on …

This paper reviews the evolution of China''s real effective exchange rate between 1980 and 2002, and uses a structural …

Substantial effort has been devoted to reforming China''s banking system in recent years. The authorities recapitalized …

China''s growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive … to analyze the variation in labor productivity growth across China''s provinces. This approach imposes less structure on … convergence in labor productivity across China''s provinces during 1978-98. However, our results show that provinces converged in …

Interest rates in China comprise a mix of both market determined interest rates (interbank rates and bond yields), and … regulated interest rates (lending and deposit rates), reflecting China''s gradual process of interest rate liberalization. We …

This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China''s exportoriented growth model toward … existing and new services as well as reorienting the production of tradable goods toward domestic markets. In China''s case … paper shows that while rebalancing China''s growth toward a domestic-demand-led economy would likely raise aggregate …