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 …

We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation … across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that …-à-vis native urbanites. We also find that children of families experiencing a hukou change due to expropriation have similar …

simmering hotpot of social unrest in China. It has been claimed that land disputes over expropriation is one of the most common …China has a bifurcated land system, with clear distinctions between urban and rural land use rights. While state …-scale malpractice in relation to expropriation of land. Thus, conflict over expropriation of land has been, and continues to be, a …

I study the political consequences of state expropriation of agricultural land in rural China by using national … individual-level panel data for the period 2010-2018. Comparing outcomes before and after expropriation with changes among … individuals not experiencing expropriation, I find that having one’s land expropriated decreases individuals’ trust towards local …