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Consumption based estimates of urban Chinese growth / Chamon, Marcos; Filho. Irineu de Carvalho

Chamon, Marcos	Journal Article
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2014.

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This paper estimates the household income growth rates implied by food demand in a sample of urban Chinese households in 1993-2005. Our estimates, based on Engel curves for food consumption, indicate an average per capita income growth of 6.8% per year in 1993-2005. This figure is slightly larger than the 5.9% per year obtained by deflating nominal incomes by the CPI. We attribute this discrepancy to a small bias in the CPI, which is of a similar magnitude to the one often associated with the CPI in the United States. This result supports the view that Chinese price statistics are reliable. Our estimates indicate stronger gains among poorer households, suggesting that urban inflation up to 2005 in China was "pro-poor," in the sense that the increase in the cost of living for poorer households was smaller than for the average one.

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China ; Chinese Economy ; Consumption ; Urban China ; Food Demand ; PCI ;
CPI ; Urban Chinese Growth ; Nominal Income

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Out of the gray: the impact of provincial institutions on business formalization in Vietnam / Malesky, Edmund; Taussing, Markus

Malesky, Edmund	Journal Article
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2009.

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Institutions ; Economic Growth ; Property Rights ; Governance ; Vietnam - History ; Formalization ;
Lland Title ; Provincial Competitiveness Index ; PCI

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Way forward: full citizenship for Israel’s Palestinian minority / Burg, Avraham

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This article argues for an unorthodox reading of Israel’s current political situation. Rather than examine the immediate results of theMarch 2015 elections, it lays out the ramifications of the country’s current predicament in light of the complex relations between the Jewish majority and Palestinian Arab minority. The author contends that despite the seeming stranglehold that extremist nationalism exerts on the political process, there is true potential for Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) to gain full and equal citizenship, on a par with that of their Jewish counterparts. He argues further that the PCI may be poised to lead the Palestinian national movement in advancing a political resolution to the conflict with Israel.

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Israel ; Minority ; Palestinian ; PCI ; Full Citizenship ; Palestinian Citizens of Israel ;
Jewish Majority ; Palestinian Arab Minority

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