Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish Firms Ruochen Dai Dilip Mookherjee Kaivan Munshi Xiaobo Zhang Published 10.08.18
Productivity and energy-saving technology Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker Energy & Environment Published 01.06.18
E-commerce integration and economic development: Evidence from China A programme introducing e-commerce into Chinese villages led to sizable gains among certain, but not all, rural households Technology & Innovation Victor Couture Benjamin Faber Yizhen Gu Lizhi Liu Published 04.06.18
E-autocracy: Surveillance and propaganda in Chinese social media Instead of censoring or banning social media, the Chinese government uses it to surveil protests, monitor local officials, and disseminate propaganda Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 25.05.18
The impact of media censorship in China: 1984 or Brave New World? Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China Institutions & Political Economy David Yang Published 21.05.18
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