China

Networks of Destruction: Political Patronage and the Great Leap Famine of China
We study the mortality cost of political patronage in the context of China’s Great Leap Famine (GLF; 1958-1962). As a direct …
Jean-Louis Arcand, Ran Tao, Huayu Xu, Dali Yang
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What’s Beauty Worth? Evidence from the Chinese Labor Market
We use a Chinese longitudinal survey to examine the association between beauty and individual labor market earnings. We estimate …
Jean-Louis Arcand, Xinchen Dai, Minhui Zhou
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Assessing Military Access in Politics: A Dyadic Methodology
The extensive literature on civil-military relations deals with the influence of the military on politics by attending to either …
Jean-Louis Arcand, David Sylvan
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