Investing in human capital for economic development in China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gordon G. Liu, Shufang Zhang, Zongyi Zhang

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hanckensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.951
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - China; Human capital - China; Education - China; Medical care - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Economic conditions 1976-2000 Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LiuGordon G ZhangShufang ZhangZongyi
• Note generali: "This book draws on and extends from the papers presented at the Chinese Economists Society (CES) annual international conference on "Sustainable Economic Growth in China: Investing in Human Capital and Environment", held in June 2005 in Chongqing, China"--P. xi.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; References; Preface; I. Background; II. Overview; III. Acknowledgements; Contents; PART 1: Human Capital and Economic Growth; Chapter 1: Why China is Likely to Achieve Its Growth Objectives Robert W. Fogel; Chapter 2: The Contribution of Health and Education to Economic Growth in China Dean T. Jamison, Lawrence J. Lau and Jia Wang; Chapter 3: Education, Innovation and Economic Growth Xiaoguang Chen; Chapter 4: Endogenous Health Care and Life Expectancy in a Neoclassical Growth Model Michael C. M. Leung and Yong Wang; PART 2: Education: Demand, Attainment and Disparities ; Chapter 5: Demand for Education in China Gregory C. Chow and Yan Shen Chapter 6: Human Capital and Educational Demand in China: 2000-2030 Xiaoying Zheng, Lihua Pang, Gong Chen, Yubo Liu, Lei Zhang, Mohammad Mainul Islam, Yan Lin and Haitao Wang; Chapter 7: Changes in the Pattern of China's School Enrollment Rates between 1990 and 2000 Rachel Connelly and Zhenzhen Zheng; Chapter 8: School Attainment and Cost of Education in Rural China Linxiu Zhang, Chunhui Ye, Chengfang Liu and Scott Rozelle; Chapter 9: The Educational Consequences of Migration for Children in China Zai Liang and Yiu Por Chen ; PART 3: Health: Demand, Attainment and Disparities Chapter 10: An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China Gregory C. Chow; Chapter 11: A Theoretical Analysis for Chinese New Rural Cooperative Medical System H. Holly Wang; Chapter 12: Wealth, Education and Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from Rural China Jin Feng, Bei Qin and Yangyang Yu; Chapter 13: Famine and Overweight in China Zhehui Luo, Ren Mu and Xiaobo Zhang; Chapter 14: Immunization Uptake in China Åke Blomqvist and Haoming Liu ; Chapter 15: Changing Health Inequality in China: The Role of Relative Income Zhuo Chen, Steven T. Yen and David B. Eastwood PART 4: Investing in Human Capital and Economic Return; Chapter 16: The Relationship between Health and Schooling Michael Grossman; Chapter 17: Income Productivity in China: On the Role of Health Gordon G. Liu, Will H. Dow, Alex Z. Fu, John Akin and Peter Lance; Chapter 18: Ill Health and Its Potential Influence on Household Consumptions in Rural China Hong Wang, Licheng Zhang and William Hsiao; Chapter 19: Wages and Returns to Education in Chinese Cities Dennis Tao Yang ; Chapter 20: The External Returns to Education: Evidence from Chinese Cities Zhiqiang LiuChapter 21: Discrimination and Development: The Case of Beauty in China Daniel S. Hamermesh, Xin Meng and Junsen Zhang; About the Co-Editors and Contributors; Co-Editors; Contributing Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a reflection of the current research that explores the mechanism, dynamics and evidence of the impact of human capital on economic development and social well-being in modern China. Composed of keynote speeches and selected papers from The 2005 International Conference of the Chinese Economists Society, it tracks the latest understanding and empirical evidence of the relationships amongst health, education and economic development in China. The book presents a broad spectrum of study topics covering human capital and economic growth; demand, attainment and disparity in both educat
• Titolo autorizzato: Investing in human capital for economic development in China
• ISBN: 1-282-76029-7; 9786612760297; 981-281-442-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456176703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II