China's human capital problem
China is a highly unequal country. There are many reasons for this, ranging from a lack of social services to a lack of social mobility. Today Giuseppe Porcaro (https://www.bruegel.org/author/giuseppe-porcaro/) is joined by Bruegel Senior fellow Alicia García-Herrero (https://www.bruegel.org/author/alicia-garcia-herrero/) , and Scott Rozelle (https://www.bruegel.org/author/scott-rozelle/) , Co-director at Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, to talk about the impact of industrialisation and automation are having on rural and low-income workers in China. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now (https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1) to receive it in your mailbox!
About Alicia García-Herrero
Alicia Garcia Herrero is a Spanish economist and academic based in Hong Kong. She has been the chief economist for Asia-Pacific at French investment bank Natixis and adjunct Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Sunyatsen University and she joined insurance company AGEAS as an independent board member.
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