Wedding Vows and Chinese Economic Growth
3,120 views · Published 15 December 2010 · 17:44 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Columbia Business School · 2010 · News & Politics
One surprising factor could make all the difference in China's economic growth over the next decade: the oversupply of single men in the marriage market. Professor Shang-Jin Wei, director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School, explains how gender imbalance will affect China's trade surplus. Wei spoke in December 2010 at "The World Economy in the Next Ten Years," a panel discussion sponsored by the Chazen Institute and moderated by David Kenner of Foreign Policy magazine. To learn more, visit http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/chazen
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