How Good Is China at Contract Enforcement?

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Being a former communist country in eastern europe seems to explain female labor forect participation very well in those countries, right? Ay, almost uniformly in your world view, is that something should expect to persist, or wis tat a temporary aberration. Now, i would expect it to persist. And there is some work. So if you thought that the contracting rment in china was not good, which is not a given, just because you have an autocratic regime doesn't mean that you have mechanisms for dispute resolution and you're able to enforce contracts. But let's say that china isn't as good as other countries, western countries, at contract enforcement, is not...

Nathan Nunn’s work history includes automotive stores, a freight company, a paint factory, a ski hill, photography, book publishing, private tutoring, and more. Having grown up in a lower-income Canadian family, he recognizes the importance of having multiple pathways to climb the socioeconomic ladder. Now, as a development economist at Harvard, his research investigates how things like history, culture and contract enforcement shape the development paths of nations.

Nathan joined Tyler for a conversation about which African countries a theory of persistence would lead him to bet on, why so many Africans live in harder to settle areas, his predictions for the effects of Chinese development on East Africa, why genetic distance is a strong predictor of bilateral income differences and trade, the pleasant surprises of visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, the role of the Catholic Church in the development of the West, why Canadian football is underrated, the unique commutes of Ottawans, the lack of Canadian brands, what’s missing from most economic graduate programs, the benefits of studying economics outside of the United States, how the plow shaped gender roles in the societies that used it, the cultural values behind South Korea’s success, and more.

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