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The Burden of Education Costs in China: A Struggle for All, but Heavier for Lower-Income Families
Dezhuang Hu, Hongbin Li, Tang Li, Lingsheng Meng, Binh Thai Nguyen, Mar 27, 2024Household education expenditure in China accounts for a substantial portion of household income, averaging around 17.1%, and it is inversely related to household income. As a necessity, education expenditure imposes excessively high costs on lower-income families. China needs to formulate policies to alleviate the financial burden on families, reform the school system, and enhance educational equity.
Industry/Policy View Assessing China’s Financial Risk: Evidence from the Stock Market
Hao Zhou, Haibin Zhu, Xiangpeng Chen, Jul 14, 2017VoxChina welcomes views from industry reports and policy reports.This piece summaries the views about China’s financial risk from - Hao Zhou, the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, Haibin Zhu, J.P. Morgan and Xiangpeng Chen, the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University.
China’s “Great Leap Forward” in Science and Engineering
Richard B. Freeman, Jun 20, 2017From "Made in China" to "Innovated in China" can occur only if China produces a large number of scientists and engineers. Richard B. Freeman of Harvard University documents China's "Great Leap Forward" in science and engineering in the past decades in the number of engineers and scientists, the number of scientific papers, patents and innovations.
Industry/Policy View Post-COVID-19 Reconfiguration of the Global Value Chains and China
Hanming Fang, Bernard Yeung, Jun 10, 2020Gaokao, Ability, and Occupation Choice
Chong-En Bai, Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Xin Wang, Jul 28, 2021In China, the college entrance exam score is predictive for both firm success and wage-job success in the future, yet higher-score individuals are less likely to create firms.
