China & World Economy Volume 29 Number 5 September–October 2021

Contents

Offshoring, Wages, and Skill Premiums: Firm-level Evidence from China

Liang Zhang, Bin Qiu, Xiaocong Xu, Shaoqin Sun              1

Human Capital Expansion and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Firm-level Evidence from China

Lamei Wu, Guifu Chen, Shuijun Peng               28

Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Bilateral Political Relations?

Yue Lu, Wei Gu, Ka Zeng              57

Intra-family Income Redistribution and Its Dynamic Changes among the Elderly in China: 2002–2018

Hanrui Jia, Peng Zhan              84

Did the Labor Contract Law Affect the Capital Deepening and Efficiency of Chinese Private Firms?

Jian Ding, Yixiao Zhou              105

Quality of Life and Relative Household Energy Consumption in China

Xunpeng Shi, Tsun Se Cheong, Jian Yu, Xiaoguang Liu              127

Housing Market Speculation and Firm Productivity: Evidence from China

Qianhui Yu, Yanying Chen, Feng Helen Liang              148