Ping Hua

TL;DR: This paper showed that China's shift from a heavy industry-oriented development strategy to a comparative advantage one had a significant impact on exports, in addition to the effects of the real effective exchange rate, world demand, and domestic supply.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of financial development on productivity growth in China and found that financial development has significantly contributed to China's productivity growth, mainly through its favorable effect on efficiency.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of real exchange rate on employment and its channels are investigated and statistically significant negative effects of the real appreciation of the renminbi on manufacturing employment are shown.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the channels through which the real exchange rate influences urban/rural per capita real income inequality using yearly data for 28 Chinese provinces and found that due to the higher share of tradable goods produced in urban than rural areas, the real depreciation of the Chinese currency raised the urban bias, contrary to the effect usually expected.

TL;DR: In this paper, a three-goods model is proposed to accommodate the specific features of China and tested for 29 Chinese provinces using cross-sectional and panel data for the 1992-1999 period.