University of Colorado-Boulder
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Email: Wolfgang.Keller at colorado.edu
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Joint Venture Formation and Technology Leakage in China
Foreign firms seeking to operate in China often need to pair up with a Chinese partner to set up a joint venture
Figure shows evidence for technology leakage: part of the technology transferred to the joint venture benefits also the Chinese partner firm
Productivity of the Chinese partner firm increases
Strongest gains if foreign investor is US American, German, or British
"International Joint Ventures and Internal Technology Transfer vs. External Technology Spillovers: Evidence from China", forthcoming, Journal of International Economics, and NBER Working Paper # 24455
with Kun Jiang (Sun-Yat Sen University), Larry Qiu (Lingnan U), and William Ridley (U Illinois)
Marriage and Social Status in China, 14th to 19th Century
High levels of social stratification at top: Half of the sons from top 0.3% families has a wife from a top 1% family
Daughters of highest rank produce even better spousal matches at the highest status level than sons
"For Money, Not Love? Marriage Matching in China in the 14th to 19th Century", forthcoming, VoxChina
"Marriage Matching over Five Centuries in China", NBER Working Paper # 30625
with Carol H. Shiue (University of Colorado-Boulder)