Search and information frictions on global e-commerce platforms: Evidence from AliExpress Policies to reduce information frictions as well as the number of firms on e-commerce platforms can raise allocative efficiency and consumer welfare Firms Jie Bai Maggie Chen Jin Liu Daniel Yi Xu Published 18.01.21
Technology as a tool for governance: Evidence from China Technology can help governments monitor agent actions more efficiently and improve public welfare Energy & Environment Michael Greenstone Guojun He Ruixue Jia Tong Liu Published 11.11.20
Improving management through worker feedback: Auto-manufacturing in China Letting workers provide feedback on their managers leads to significant reductions in worker turnover and increases in team productivity Firms Jing Cai Shing-Yi Wang Published 23.10.20
Measuring the impact of a home visiting programme on child skills A home visiting programme substantially improves the language, cognitive, fine motor and socioemotional skills of left-behind children in rural China Education James Heckman Bei Liu Mai Lu Jin Zhou Published 28.09.20
International friends and enemies As countries become greater economic friends in terms of the welfare effects of their productivity growth, they become greater political friends in terms of United Nations voting and strategic rivalries. Trade Benny Kleinman Ernest Liu Stephen Redding Published 14.09.20
Subsidising stability: State employment in China China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge Institutions & Political Economy Jaya Wen Published 28.08.20
Subsidy policies and insurance demand Subsidy policies combined with financial education can generate learning from experiences and promote long-run insurance take-up Finance Jing Cai Alain De Janvry Elisabeth Sadoulet Published 14.08.20
Social ties and ‘hometown favouritism’ towards local officials in China Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency Institutions & Political Economy Raymond Fisman Yongxiang Wang Jian Chu Songtao Tan Published 12.06.20
From fog to smog: The value of pollution information China’s air quality monitoring and disclosure programme triggered a cascade of changes in household behaviour with significant health benefits Energy & Environment Panle Jia Barwick Shanjun Li Liguo Lin Eric Zou Published 24.02.20
