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Chinese and Indian Multinationals: Do Their Shopping Sprees in Advanced Countries Make Them More Innovative?
Vito Amendolagine, Elisa Giuliani, Arianna Martinelli, Roberta Rabellotti, Nov 14, 2018Chinese and Indian multinationals are continuously expanding their operations in Europe and the United States through cross-border acquisitions (CBAs), with the aim of tapping into international knowledge located in target firms and innovative hubs. Amendolagine, Giuliani, Martinelli, and Rabellotti have looked into impacts that CBAs have on...
Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration in China
Ernest Liu, Yi Lu, Wenwei Peng, Shaoda Wang, Nov 23, 2022Exploiting the staggered rollout, since 2014, of judicial independence reform that removed local governments’ control over local courts’ financial and personnel decisions in China, we show that judicial independence can reduce local protectionism and foster cross-regional economic integration.
Brain Drain to the State Sector: Job Preferences and Outcomes for China’s College Graduates
Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Yanyan Xiong, Sinclair Cook, Feb 28, 2024Despite private enterprises dominating China’s labor market, college-educated workers are still highly concentrated in the state sector. Using data from the Chinese College Student Survey, we find that 64% of students in the sample expressed a strong preference for state-sector employment.
The Hidden Cost of Trade Liberalization: Input Tariff Shocks and Worker Health in China
Haichao Fan, Faqin Lin, Shu Lin, Jun 24, 2020Can intermediate input trade liberalization affect worker health in a developing country like China, and if so, how? Do the impacts differ between skilled and unskilled workers? What are the welfare implications of input tariff reductions once health factors are considered? Professors Haichao Fan of Fudan University, Faqin Lin of China Agricultural University, and Shu Lin of the Chinese University of Hong Kong develop...
How Do Workers and Households Adjust to Robots?
Osea Giuntella, Yi Lu, Tianyi Wang, Apr 26, 2023We analyze the effects of exposure to industrial robots on labor markets and household behaviors, exploring longitudinal household data from the China Family Panel Studies.
