Posts tagged with 'China'
March 1, 2018
How China’s rise has challenged the benign view of free trade
The costs and benefits of free trade are one of the most contentious topics in economic policy. Economists often argue […]
November 16, 2017
Economic costs of global warming
Climate change is considered one of the major challenges of the 21st century. While politicians and scientists at the COP23 […]
July 7, 2017
Public health in utero: How external factors influence birth outcomes
By Jeanna Canapari (Yale University) In the study of birth outcomes, going to extremes is not always necessary. While intense […]
September 15, 2016
How the world’s largest social pension reform is transforming family old-age care
By Xi Chen (Yale University and IZA) Social pensions are designed to provide the elderly population, especially those with low […]
April 19, 2016
China’s new two-child policy not enough to cope with aging population
In January 2016, China formally changed its one-child policy, now allowing all couples to have two children. Fei Wang, Liqiu […]
January 28, 2015
Savings and political turmoil: The case of the Tiananmen Square protests
Cutting-edge macroeconomic research suggests that political uncertainty heavily influences private consumption. However, evidence on the individual level how households cope […]
September 19, 2014
Ethnically diverse co-authors produce better research papers
Thinking about a new research paper? You may want to start searching for co-authors of different ethnicity. Statistically, this will […]
September 12, 2014
Chinese imports push low-skilled Norwegians into unemployment
China’s rise to global economic power has had a major impact on the recent globalization process. In 2009, China became […]
June 17, 2014
Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences
International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]
June 14, 2014
Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences
International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]
May 14, 2014
China’s still playing catch-up
The era of U.S. economic dominance would appear to be over. New calculations from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, […]
April 14, 2014
Knowing that you matter, matters: the luck of having a meaningful job
What if somebody told you that your job was completely irrelevant and useless? Would you still work with the same […]
November 11, 2013
Beijing’s caution on reforms makes sense – for now
By Eswar Prasad Cataloguing China’s economic risks has become a popular parlour game. In the past decade, a steady drumbeat […]
July 12, 2013
How superstition affects house prices
People looking to buy and sell homes in areas with large concentrations of Asian immigrants may benefit from a crash […]