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Working Papers

2009

1. Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China
   2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2. Rethinking China's underurbanization: An evaluation of its county-to-city upgrading policy
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
4. The Evolution of an Industrial Cluster in China
   Working Papers, Ohio State University, Department of Economics
   Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2009)
5. The evolution of Chinese entrepreneurial firms: Township-village enterprises revisited
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2008

6. China's Growth Strategies
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management
7. Credit constraints, organizational choice, and returns to capital: Evidence from a rural industrial cluster in China
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
8. Finance and cluster-based industrial development in China
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2009)
9. Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
10. Gender, caste, and public goods provision in Indian village governments
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
11. Race to the top and race to the bottom: Tax competition in rural China
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
12. Regional Inequality In China: An Overview
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management

2007

13. A typology for vulnerability and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
14. Incremental Reform and Distortions in China’s Product and Factor Markets
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2007)
15. Is the relationship between aid and economic growth nonlinear?
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    Also in University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics, University of Cyprus Department of Economics (2006)
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2006)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Macroeconomics (2007)
16. Resource abundance and regional development in China
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    See also Journal Article in The Economics of Transition (2008)
17. The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A Case Study of the Footwear Industry in Wenzhou
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    See also Journal Article in China Economic Review (2008)

2006

18. Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
19. Clustering as a Way to Lower Capital Barriers: The Case of the Cashmere Sweater Cluster in Zhejiang
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
20. Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
21. Fiscal Decentralization and Political Centralization in China: Implications for Growth and Inequality
    Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2006)
22. Moving up and moving down: a new way of examining country growth dynamics
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
23. The Formation of Wenzhou Footwear Clusters: How Were the Entry Barriers Overcome?
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
24. Uganda & Tanzania: pro-poor public investment
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
25. Village Inequality in Western China
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
26. Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2005

27. Identifying Threshold Effects and Typologies in Economic Growth: A Panel Approach
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations
28. Rural non-farm development in China and India
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2004

29. Blunt to sharpened razor
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
30. Cross-country typologies and development strategies to end hunger in Africa
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
31. Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China: A Journey through Central Planning, Reform, and Openness
    Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2005)
32. Public expenditure, growth, and poverty reduction in rural Uganda
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
33. SECURITY IS LIKE OXYGEN: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations
34. Security is like oxygen
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
35. Spatial patterns of crop yields in Latin America and the Caribbean
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    See also Journal Article in Cuadernos de Economía (Latin American Journal of Economics) (2004)

2003

36. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC GOODS DEPENDENCY
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
37. Spatial Inequality in Education and Health Care in China
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See also Journal Article in China Economic Review (2005)

2002

38. Growth, inequality, and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments
    Research reports, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
39. How China's WTO accession affects rural economy in the less-developed regions
    TMD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
40. INFRASTRUCTURE, OPENNESS, AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
41. Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)

2001

42. Does Guanxi matter to nonfarm employment?
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
43. FIFTY YEARS OF REGIONAL INEQUALITY IN CHINA: A JOURNEY THROUGH REVOLUTION, REFORM AND OPENNESS
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations
44. HOW AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AFFECTS URBAN POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? THE CASE OF CHINA
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations
    Also in EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2001) View citations
45. How productive is infrastructure?: new approach and evidence from rural India
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
46. LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC GOODS PROVISION
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations

2000

47. Growth and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
48. Industrialization, urbanization, and land use in China
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (2004)
49. Public investment and regional inequality in rural China
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Agricultural Economics (2004)

1999

50. Estimating crop-specific production technologies in Chinese agriculture: a generalized maximum entropy approach
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    See also Journal Article in American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2001)
51. Past and future sources of growth for China
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Community poverty and inequality in western China: A tale of three villages in Guizhou Province
   China Economic Review, 2009, 20, (2), 338-349
2. Finance and Cluster-Based Industrial Development in China
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 58, (1), 143-164
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

3. Resource abundance and regional development in China
   The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (1), 7-29
   See also Working Paper (2007)
4. Symposium on Market Development and Inequality in China
   The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (1), 1-5
5. The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A case study of the footwear industry in Wenzhou
   China Economic Review, 2008, 19, (3), 409-420
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

6. Incremental Reform and Distortions in China's Product and Factor Markets
   World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21, (2), 279-299
   See also Working Paper (2007)
7. Is the relationship between aid and economic growth nonlinear?
   Journal of Macroeconomics, 2007, 29, (3), 515-540 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
8. Rural Industrialization in China and India: Role of Policies and Institutions
   World Development, 2007, 35, (10), 1621-1634

2006

9. Book Review
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2006, 4, (2), 247-249
10. Famine and Overweight in China
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 28, (3), 296-304 View citations
11. Fiscal decentralization and political centralization in China: Implications for growth and inequality
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (4), 713-726 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2006)
12. Rising inequality in China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (4), 651-653 View citations

2005

13. China, Economic Development and Mortality Decline
    World Development, 2005, 33, (1), 21-41 View citations
14. Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China: a Journey Through Central Planning, Reform, and Openness
    Review of Development Economics, 2005, 9, (1), 87-106 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
15. Spatial inequality in education and health care in China
    China Economic Review, 2005, 16, (2), 189-204 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

16. How Productive Is Infrastructure? A New Approach and Evidence from Rural India
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, 86, (2), 492-501 View citations
17. Industrialization, urbanization and land use in China
    Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2004, 2, (3), 207-224 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
18. Infrastructure and regional economic development in rural China
    China Economic Review, 2004, 15, (2), 203-214 View citations
19. Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2857-2871 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
20. Public investment and regional inequality in rural China
    Agricultural Economics, 2004, 30, (2), 89-100 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
21. Reforms, Investment, and Poverty in Rural China
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (2), 395-421 View citations
22. Spatial Patterns of Crop Yields in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Cuadernos de Economía (Latin American Journal of Economics), 2004, 41, (124), 361-381 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

23. Agricultural Research and Urban Poverty: The Case of China
    World Development, 2003, 31, (4), 733-741 View citations
24. China's WTO accession: impacts on regional agricultural income-- a multi-region, general equilibrium analysis
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (2), 332-351 View citations
25. Does guanxi matter to nonfarm employment?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (2), 315-331 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
26. How Does Globalisation Affect Regional Inequality within A Developing Country? Evidence from China
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2003, 39, (4), 47-67 View citations
27. Structural Change and Economic Growth in China
    Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7, (3), 360-377 View citations

2002

28. Emergence of urban poverty and inequality in China: evidence from household survey
    China Economic Review, 2002, 13, (4), 430-443 View citations
29. Production and Productivity Growth in Chinese Agriculture: New National and Regional Measures
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 50, (4), 819-38 View citations
30. THE PATH OF TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION: WHICH NEIGHBORS TO LEARN FROM?
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2002, 20, (4), 470-478 View citations

2001

31. Estimating Crop-Specific Production Technologies in Chinese Agriculture: A Generalized Maximum Entropy Approach
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (2), 378-88 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
32. THE DEMAND FOR FOOD GRAIN IN CHINA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO A CONTROVERSY
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2001, 30, (1)
33. What difference do polarisation measures make? an application to China
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2001, 37, (3), 85-98 View citations

1999

34. Which Regional Inequality? The Evolution of Rural-Urban and Inland-Coastal Inequality in China from 1983 to 1995
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (4), 686-701 View citations