Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective
meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to platforms. It also requires us to …

US labor share has been falling since the 1970s. I show that it has not fallen as much once
items that do not add to capital, depreciation and production taxes, are netted out. Recent …

Capital–labour–energy Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production functions and
their estimated parameters now form a key part of energy–economy models which inform …

150 years ago, Stanley Jevons introduced the concept of energy rebound: that anticipated
energy efficiency savings may be “taken back” by behavioural responses. This is an …

This paper first measures the levels and growths of regional TFP in China using a panel
dataset of China's 30 provinces from 1978–2014. It then estimates the effects of R&D on …

We offer an assessment of China's macro-economy over 1978–2017, highlighting several
neglected channels underlining its great expansion. On the basis of rigorous data work, we …

We measure the size of informal employment using both labor market as well as energy
consumption approaches. We find that the share of informal employment in total …

This book presents a probabilistic approach to studying the fundamental role of labor in
capitalist economies and develops a non-deterministic theoretical framework for the …

This article contributes to the debate on the role of the Chinese state in economic transition
by shedding light on the relationship between the state and a Chinese domestic capitalist …

The aim of this paper is to discuss the reasons behind the rapid growth of the Chinese
economy during the last more than three decades. China has been growing fastest in …