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How Liberalizing Trade with China Led to a Boom in International Students in the US
Gaurav Khanna, Kevin Shih, Ariel Weinberger, Mingzhi Xu, Miaojie Yu, Aug 16, 2023Focusing on China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, we show that Chinese cities with more exposure to trade liberalization sent more students to US universities.
Connections and Buildings collapse in the Sichuan Earthquake
Yiming Cao, May 24, 2023This study investigates the factors contributing to building damage during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Resolving China’s Corporate Debt Problem
Wojciech S. Maliszewski, Serkan Arslanalp, John Caparusso, José M. Garrido, Si Guo, Joong Shik Kang, W. Raphael Lam, T. Daniel Law, Wei Liao, Nadia Rendak, Philippe Wingender, Jiangyan Yu, Longmei Zhang, Sep 06, 2017Corporate credit growth in China has been excessive. The debt problem should be addressed urgently with a comprehensive strategy, trading short-term economic pain for larger longer-term gain.
The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround
Ravi Kanbur, Yue Wang, Xiaobo Zhang, Jul 26, 2017This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing and even turning using various data sources and inequality perspectives. The evolution of inequality is further examined through decomposition by income sources and subgroups. Some preliminary explanations are provided for these trends in terms of shifts in policy and the structural transformation of the Chinese economy.
English Language Requirements and Educational Inequality in China
Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Kai Mu, Shaoda Wang, May 29, 2024The introduction of the English listening test in the NCEE has exacerbated educational inequality between urban and rural areas in China, thereby affecting the college admission prospects and future income of rural students.
