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INVESTING IN HUMAN CAPITAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA


CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER
Gordon G Liu, Shufang Zhang and Zongyi Zhang
i
PART 1: Human Capital and Economic Growth
Why China is Likely to Achieve Its Growth Objectives
ROBERT W. FOGEL
3
The Contribution of Health and Education to Economic Growth in China
DEAN T. JAMISON, LAWRENCE J. LAU and JIA WANG
19
Education, Innovation and Economic Growth
XIAOGUANG CHEN
43
Endogenous Health Care and Life Expectancy in a Neoclassical Growth Model
MICHAEL C. M. LEUNG and YONG WANG
65
PART 2: Education: Demand, Attainment and Disparities
Demand for Education in China
GREGORY C. CHOW and YAN SHEN
87
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
105
Changes in the Pattern of China's School Enrollment Rates between 1990 and 2000
RACHEL CONNELLY and ZHENZHEN ZHENG
123
School Attainment and Cost of Education in Rural China
LINXIU ZHANG, CHUNHUI YE, CHENGFANG LIU and SCOTT ROZELLE
145
The Educational Consequences of Migration for Children in China
ZAI LIANG and YIU POR CHEN
159
PART 3: Health: Demand, Attainment and Disparities
An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China
GREGORY C. CHOW
183
A Theoretical Analysis for Chinese New Rural Cooperative Medical System
H. HOLLY WANG
201
Wealth, Education and Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from Rural China
JIN FENG, BEI QIN and YANGYANG YU
215
Famine and Overweight in China
ZHEHUI LUO, REN MU and XIAOBO ZHANG
231
Immunization Uptake in China
ÅKE BLOMQVIST and HAOMING LIU
241
Changing Health Inequality in China: The Role of Relative Income
ZHUO CHEN, STEVEN T. YEN and DAVID B. EASTWOOD
261
PART 4: Investing in Human Capital and Economic Return
The Relationship between Health and Schooling
MICHAEL GROSSMAN
279
Income Productivity in China: On the Role of Health
GORDON G. LIU, WILL H. DOW, ALEX Z. FU, JOHN AKIN and PETER LANCE
293
Ill Health and Its Potential Influence on Household Consumptions in Rural China
HONG WANG, LICHENG ZHANG and WILLIAM HSIAO
313
Wages and Returns to Education in Chinese Cities
DENNIS TAO YANG
327
The External Returns to Education: Evidence from Chinese Cities
ZHIQIANG LIU
349
Discrimination and Development: The Case of Beauty in China
DANIEL S. HAMERMESH, XIN MENG and JUNSEN ZHANG
377
BACK MATTER
Gordon G Liu, Shufang Zhang and Zongyi Zhang
391
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