China: Topics Course

Some JEP articles recommended for classroom use

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Symposium: China (Winter 2017) https://www.aeaweb.org/issues/444 

Naughton, Barry. 2017. “Is China Socialist?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 3–24. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.3 

Li, Hongbin, Prashant Loyalka, Scott Rozelle, and Binzhen Wu. 2017. “Human Capital and China’s Future Growth.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 25–48. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.25 

Wei, Shang-Jin, Zhuan Xie, and Xiaobo Zhang. 2017. “From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Innovated in China’: Necessity, Prospect, and Challenges.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 49–70. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.49 

Zheng, Siqi, and Matthew E. Kahn. 2017. “A New Era of Pollution Progress in Urban China?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 71–92. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.71 

Glaeser, Edward, Wei Huang, Yueran Ma, and Andrei Shleifer. 2017. “A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 93–116. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.93 

Qin, Bei, David Strömberg, and Yanhui Wu. 2017. “Why Does China Allow Freer Social Media? Protests versus Surveillance and Propaganda.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 117–40. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.117 

Zhang, Junsen. 2017. “The Evolution of China’s One-Child Policy and Its Effects on Family Outcomes.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1): 141–60. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.141 

Symposium: China’s Economy (Fall 2012) https://www.aeaweb.org/issues/288 

Li, Hongbin, Lei Li, Binzhen Wu, and Yanyan Xiong. 2012. “The End of Cheap Chinese Labor.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (4): 57–74. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.26.4.57 

Meng, Xin. 2012. “Labor Market Outcomes and Reforms in China.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (4): 75–102. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.26.4.75 

Zhu, Xiaodong. 2012. “Understanding China’s Growth: Past, Present, and Future.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (4): 103–24. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.26.4.103 

Yang, Dennis Tao. 2012. “Aggregate Savings and External Imbalances in China.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (4): 125–46. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.26.4.125 

Huang, Yasheng. 2012. “How Did China Take Off?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (4): 147–70. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.26.4.147 

Landes, David S. 2006. “Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (2): 3–22. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20.2.3