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Place Prosperity vs People Prosperity: Migration and the Intergenerational Transmission of Knowledge
Carol H. Shiue, Wolfgang Keller, Apr 23, 2025The trajectory of an economy's development can often be better understood through the historical experiences of its populace. Long before the availability of comprehensive official data, Chinese family genealogies are a valuable resource for reconstructing economic evolution over time, as the following shows.
How Do Firms Withstand Global Economic Shocks: Evidence from Within-Firm Responses
Xiao Cen, Vyacheslav Fos, Wei Jiang, Oct 16, 2024The article discusses that the adaptation strategies of American firms against the backdrop of China's industrial policies are as follows: Firstly, they carry out strategic shifts within the American market, avoiding direct competition and turning to upstream and downstream areas of the supply chain; secondly, they redistribute production across national borders by directly establishing production bases in China to fully leverage China's policy advantages. These strategies demonstrate the strategic flexibility and strong adaptability of American firms in the face of global economic shocks.
Quarters of Birth Matter for Girls: How Agricultural Seasonality Shapes Gender Inequality in China
Xuezheng Qin, Junjian Yi, Haochen Zhang, Oct 08, 2025We find that people born in the fourth quarter tend to have better lifecycle outcomes than others in China. More importantly, this birth quarter effect is significantly larger for females than for males. Such a gendered pattern is likely driven by seasonal variations in household resources induced by agricultural seasonality, which may exert gender-differentiated effects on intrahousehold neonatal investment due to son preference. These findings have meaningful implications for the role of economic development in reducing gender inequality through the (gender-neutral) increase in household resources.
Money or Monitoring: What Motivates Workers in China?
Jing Cai, Sai Luo, Shing-Yi Wang, Sep 17, 2025Higher compensation incentivizes workers to work additional hours and stay at the firm, while increased monitoring enhances work quality but also increases quitting by workers.
Learning by Trading: How Reforming Trade Policy Boosted Firm Productivity in China
Yunong Li, Yi Lu, Jianguo Wang, Jan 14, 2026In China, granting firms the right to trade internationally boosted productivity, with gains growing over time and shared with workers through higher wages.
