In this review, I integrate a wide range of literature that has examined how the “geographic
mobility” of high-skilled workers creates value for organizations and individuals. Drawing on …

Large-scale population migration entails changes in productive and consumptive activities,
which has enormous implications on the spatial relocation of carbon emissions. This study …

As the main body to promote economic development, the role of demographic structure on
carbon emissions cannot be ignored. Based on data from the three national censuses in …

This article is based on the presidential address delivered at the EEA Annual Congress
2016. It discusses China's institutional and economic transformation through the lens of the …

Abstract Between 2000 and 2015, China's aggregate income quadrupled, its provincial
income inequality fell by a third, and its share of employment in agriculture fell by a half …

Cities' environmental efficiency (measured in terms of green total factor productivity, GTFP)
have been found in the existing literature to correlate spatially. However, the spatial structure …

Economic institutions that impede factor mobility become more costly when an economy
experiences substantial transitions such as trade liberalization. I study how trade triggers …

The productivity effect of infrastructure investment is controversial in the traditional literature
using aggregate production function estimation due to reverse causality. This paper …

This paper establishes a two-sector general equilibrium model of a small open economy to
examine the impact of environmental pollution on income inequality via brain drain. The …

This study examines the causal effects of high-speed rails (HSRs) on the wages of rural–
urban migrants. Although transportation infrastructure may reshape business activities, little …