Xiaobing Wang

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• 2024

  Myths of China: Meet the Gods, Creatures, and Heroes of Ancient China

  Wang, X., 23 Jul 2024, London: Dorling Kindersley. 144 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Ancient China 100%
  • First Emperor 33%
  • Ancient Civilizations 33%
• 2023

  Social Opportunity Function and Equity in Opportunity in China

  Zhu, M., Kakwani, N., Li, S. & Wang, X., 6 Jan 2023, Social Inequality in China. Li, Y. & Bian, Y. (eds.). London: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, p. 209-233 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Mental Capacity 100%
  • Rural Areas 100%
• 2022

  China's Efficient Urban Bias

  Rangazas, P., Wang, X. & Zou, Y., 24 Mar 2022, In: Pacific Economic Review. 27, 3, p. 223-253 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Welfare 100%
  • Efficiency 100%
  • Dynamic Equilibrium 50%
  • Public Service 50%
  • Equilibrium Model 50%
  86 Downloads (Pure)

• Growth and Common Prosperity in China

  Kakwani, N., Wang, X., Xue, N. & Zhan, P., 27 Jan 2022, In: China & World Economy. 30, 1, p. 28–57 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • China 100%
  • Market Performance 100%
  • Labor Market 100%
  • Chinese 50%
  • Household Income 50%

• The effects of local government leadership turnover on entrepreneurial behavior

  Dong, Z., Wang, X., Zhang, T. & Zhong, Y., 1 Feb 2022, In: China Economic Review (Amsterdam) . 71, 17 p., 101727.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • China 100%
  • Local Government 100%
  • Economic Growth 50%
  • Micro Level 50%
  • Entrepreneurship 50%
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• When Poverty Reduction Meets Democracy: An Investigation into the Use of Different Evaluation Methods for Assessing the Effectiveness of a Social Program

  Zhan, P., Shi, L., Shen, Y. & Wang, X., 20 Jun 2022, In: Asian Economic Papers. 21, 2, p. 38-60 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Poverty Alleviation 100%
  • Methods Evaluation 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • Social Programmes 100%
  • Developing Countries 100%
  190 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  A Political Foundation of Public Investment and Welfare Spending

  Villamil, A., Wang, X. & Xue, N., 1 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Public Economic Theory. 23, 4, p. 660-690 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Public Welfare 100%
  • Public Investment 100%
  • Welfare 33%
  • Local Government 33%
  • Social Welfare 33%

• Assessing the Social Welfare Effects of Government Transfer Programs: Some International Comparisons

  Kakwani, N., Wang, X., Xu, J. & Yue, X., 12 Feb 2021, In: Review of Income and Wealth.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Welfare 100%
  • Social Welfare Function 100%
  • Welfare Analysis 100%
  • Industrialized Countries 50%

• Dual Circulation: A New Structural Economics View of Development

  Lin, J. Y. & Wang, X., 4 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • International Economics 100%

• The Impacts of Two Tax Reforms on Inequality and Welfare in China

  Shen, Y., Shi, L. & Wang, X., 31 May 2021, In: China & World Economy. 29, 3, p. 104-134 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Welfare 100%
  • Taxation 100%
  • Social Welfare 66%
  • Tax Policy 33%
  • Income Distribution 33%
  233 Downloads (Pure)

• Transportation cost reducing technological change and wages inequalities

  Cheng, C. & Wang, X., 1 Dec 2021, In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 59, p. 600-611 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Technological Change 100%
  • Wage Structure 100%
  • Transport 100%
  • Labor Productivity 14%
  • Transport Cost 14%
  63 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Growth and Development with Dual Labor Markets

  Villamil, A., Wang, X. & Zou, Y., 30 Jul 2020, In: Manchester School. 88, 6, p. 801-826 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Growth and Development 100%
  • Economic Growth 100%
  • Labor Market Segmentation 100%
  • Structural Change 50%
  • Developed Country 50%
• 2019

  Challenges for the Chinese economy in the new era of development

  Wang, X., Weaver, N. & Xue, N., 19 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 17, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Regulation and corruption in transitional China

  Wang, X., 2019, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 17, 1, p. 47-64 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Corruption 100%
  • Economic Transition 100%
  • Institutional Change 50%
  • Government Department 50%
  83 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding China’s Economic Development: Retrospect and Prospect

  Wang, X. & Peach, T., 14 Feb 2019, In: The Manchester School. 87, 2, p. 135-137 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
• 2018

  Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (Dibao) Program in China

  Kakwani, N., Li, S., Wang, X. & Zhu, M., 2018, In: China Economic Review (Amsterdam) .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Guarantee 100%
  • Effectiveness 100%
  • China 100%
  • Surety 100%
  • Targeting 37%
  433 Downloads (Pure)

• Social Tensions in a Growing China

  Kakwani, N., Li, S., Wang, X. & Wu, S., 2018, In: Manchester School.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • China 100%
  • Megacity 33%
  • Rural Area 33%
  • Uneven Development 33%
  • Household Income 33%
  72 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Internal Migration Restrictions and Labor Allocation in Developing Countries

  Rangazas, P. & Wang, X., 29 Nov 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Singapore Economic Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Welfare 100%
  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Social Welfare 100%
  • Labour Allocation 100%
  • Internal Migration 100%
  443 Downloads (Pure)

• The Facilitating State and Economic Development: The Role of the State in New Structural Economics

  Lin, J. Y. & Wang, X., 2017, In: Man and the Economy. 4, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Specific Industry 100%
  • Economic Development 100%
  • Structural Change 50%
  • Comparative Advantage 50%
  • Institutional Change 50%
  136 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Labour Markets in China: A Study of Structure and Evolution of Wages

  Wang, X., Piesse, J. & Ye, Z., 8 Jun 2016, In: Frontiers of Economics in China. 11, 2, p. 265–301

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • China 100%
  • Labor Market 100%
  • Household Survey 33%
  • Rural Area 33%
  • Wage Gap 33%
• 2014

  The West's aid dilemma and the Chinese solution?

  Wang, X., Ozanne, A. & Hao, X., 23 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 12, 1, p. 47-61 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Chinese 100%
  • Conditionality 100%
  • Good Governance 50%
  • Development of Economics 33%
  • China 25%
  1784 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Economic Footprint of the UK Electronic Systems Community: The ESCO Report (Electronics Systems: Challenges and Opportunities)

  Phillips, I., Wang, X., Dempsey, S. & Rogowski, R., 27 Jun 2013, London: No publisher name. 18 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • UK 100%
  • Electronic System 100%
  • Health Care 25%
  • Economic Contribution 25%
  • Career Opportunity 25%
  83 Downloads (Pure)

• Mind the gaps: A political economy of the multiple dimensions of China's rural-urban divide

  Wang, X., Piesse, J. & Weaver, N., Nov 2013, In: Asian-Pacific Economic Literature. 27, 2, p. 52-67 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • China 100%
  • Public Policy 100%
  • Public Service 100%
  • Public Goods 100%
  • Health Care 33%
  253 Downloads (Pure)

• Surplus Labour and Urbanization in China

  Wang, X. & Weaver, N., 2013, In: Eurasia Economic Review. 3, 1, p. 84-97

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  175 Downloads (Pure)

• The micro-foundations of dual economy models

  Wang, X. & Piesse, J., Jan 2013, In: Manchester School. 81, 1, p. 80-101 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Underemployment 100%
  • Dual Economy 100%
  • Labor Market 66%
  • Wage Setting 33%
  • Microfoundations 33%
  427 Downloads (Pure)

• The real origin of global financial imbalances

  Wang, X. & Walters, B., Nov 2013, In: Journal of International Development. 25, 8, p. 1050-1060 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Industrialized Countries 33%
  • Foreign Exchange Reserves 33%
  166 Downloads (Pure)

• The social security function of agriculture in China

  Wang, X., Weaver, N. & You, J., Jan 2013, In: Journal of International Development. 25, 1, p. 1-10 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • China 100%
  • Agricultural Sector 100%
  • Security Function 100%
  • Chinese 50%
  • Rural Population 50%
  102 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  From rural poverty to urban deprivation? The plight of Chinese rural-urban migrants through the lens of Last Train Home

  Li, N., Lin, W. H. & Wang, X., Jun 2012, In: East Asia. 29, 2, p. 173-186 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Peasantry 100%
  231 Downloads (Pure)

• Surplus Labour and Lewis Turning Points in China

  Wang, X. & Weaver, N., 2012, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. Forthcoming

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  232 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  Inequality and the Urban-rural Divide in China: Effects of Regressive Taxation

  Wang, X. & Piesse, J., Nov 2010, In: China & World Economy. 18, 6, p. 36-55 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Taxation 100%
  • Welfare 66%
  • Rural Income 66%
  • Metropolitan Area 33%
  • Direct Taxation 33%
  1852 Downloads (Pure)

• Poverty and vulnerability in rural China: Effects of taxation

  Imai, K. S., Wang, X. & Kang, W., Nov 2010, In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 8, 4, p. 399-425 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Irrigation 100%
  • Taxation 100%
  • Tax System 100%
  • Tax Effects 100%
  • Negative Impact 100%
  156 Downloads (Pure)
• 2009

  Regulation and Corruption in Transitional China

  Wang, X., Oct 2009, Manchester, 20 p. (The University of Manchester, Economics Working Paper; no. EDP-0919).

  Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Working paper

  • Corruption 100%
  • Anti-Corruption 8%
  • Government Department 8%
  • Incentives 8%
  • Economic Transition 8%
• 2008

  Labor Market Segregation and Integration in China: A Spatial and Sectoral Analysis, 1988-2002

  Wang, X. & Piesse, J., Sept 2008, London, 33 p. (KCL Department of Management Research Paper Series; no. 51).

  Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Working paper

  • Labor Market Integration 100%
  • Rural Industry 50%

• Richard Sanders and Chen Yang (eds.), China's Post-Reform Economy - Achieving Harmony, Sustaining Growth.

  Wang, X., Sept 2008, In: East Asia: an International Quarterly. 25, 3, p. 325-327 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review