Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China's one-child policy China’s one-child policy increased its capital-labour ratio and reduced FDI inflows relative to India, consistent with neoclassical fundamentals Macroeconomics & Growth John Donaldson Christos Koulovatianos Jian Li Rajnish Mehra Published 04.05.18
A toxic environment: Rapid growth, pollution and migration Pollution is driving the young and well-educated out of China's cities Migration & Urbanisation Shuai Chen Paulina Oliva Peng Zhang Published 02.03.18
The Alibaba effect: Spatial inequality and the welfare gains from e-commerce E-commerce disproportionately benefits consumers in small and remote places, helping to reduce disparities in living standards across locations Firms Jingting Fan Lixin Tang Weiming Zhu Ben Zou Published 23.02.18
Land rights and agricultural efficiency Legal protection for agricultural land leasing contracts facilitates productivity-enhancing trades and increases agricultural efficiency Agriculture Amalavoyal Chari Yongxiang Wang Shing-Yi Wang Published 22.01.18
The effect of pollution on worker productivity: Evidence from call-centre workers in China High levels of pollution reduce the productivity even of indoor workers; cutting pollution can improve the health of both the economy and of society Energy & Environment Tom Chang Tal Gross Joshua Graff Zivin Matthew Neidell Published 05.10.17
Interfirm relationships and business performance in China Regular meetings between the managers of young firms in Nanchang, China increased revenue and improved a broad range of performance measures Firms Jing Cai Adam Szeidl Published 02.08.17
Relationship between the Chinese housing and marriage markets An unfavourable ratio of young men to young women could explain simultaneously skyrocketing housing prices and rising home ownership Macroeconomics & Growth Shang-Jin Wei Xiaobo Zhang Published 05.07.17
How much people will pay for clean air: Evidence from China China’s market for air purifiers reveals people will pay as much as $15 to remove one microgram per cubic metre of pollution from the air they breathe Energy & Environment Koichiro Ito Published 18.07.16
Home ownership as status competition The high ratio of men to women in the marriage market helps explain why homeownership in China has increased despite skyrocketing house prices Infrastructure Xiaobo Zhang Published 13.06.17
