John B Knight
Professor of Economics
College or Institution: St Edmund Hall
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Research Interests
Summary: Development economics - labour markets, income distribution, human capital, subjective well being, economic growth, with application to China and Africa.
China is perhaps the most interesting economy in the world, but one of the least researched. My research is concerned with income distribution, human capital, labour markets, and economics welfare in dynamic transition. My book “Towards a labour market in China” won the Richard A. Lester Prize for "the outstanding book in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations published in 2005". My new book "China's Remarkable Economic Growth" was published by OUP in April 2012. Methodology: empirical analysis, based on sample surveys, which I help to design. Modalities: largely externally funded research (e.g. Leverhulme Trust, DFID, ESRC, Nuffield Foundation), employing research officers and collaborating with top Chinese economists.
Research Group(s)
Recent Working Papers
- Investment and financing constraints in China: does working capital management make a difference? (2010)
- Does China overinvest? Evidence from a panel of Chinese firms (2010)
- Negative investment in China: financing constraints and restructuring versus growth (2010)
- The Puzzle of Migrant Labour Shortage and Rural Labour Surplus in China (2010)
- Income, Aspirations and the Hedonic Treadmill in a Poor Society (2009)
- Is Happiness Infectious? (2009)
- Why has China Grown so Fast? The Role of Structural Change (2008)
- The Curious Case of Son Preference and Household Income in Rural China (2008)
- Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China (2008)
- Can the Augmented Solow Model Explain China's Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Panel Data Analysis (2008)
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