Foreign Firms and Indigenous Technology Development in the People’s Republic of China ∗ FREDRIK SJ ¨OHOLM AND NANNAN LUNDIN The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is currently promoting indigenous tech- nology development through support of…
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Princelings and Paupers?
Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam ∗ IAN COXHEAD AND DIEP PHAN Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver…
Demographic Dividends Revisited
Demographic Dividends Revisited ∗ JEFFREY G. WILLIAMSON This paper revisits demographic dividend issues after almost 2 decades of debate. In 1998, David Bloom and I used a convergence model to estimate the impact of demographic-transition-driven…
The Political Economy of Policy Reform:
The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Insights from Southeast Asia HAL HILL ∗ Economists broadly agree on many key economic policy issues, but economics as a discipline has provided much less guidance on why and…
Leading Dragon Phenomenon:
Leading Dragon Phenomenon: New Opportunities for Catch-up in Low-Income Countries ∗ VANDANA CHANDRA, JUSTIN YIFU LIN, AND YAN WANG Modern economic development is accompanied by the structural transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy….