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In the book Myth and Measurement, Card and Krueger (1995) examine the economic impact of the 1989 minimum wage hike on the welfare of 110 firms which employ a disproportionate number of minimum-wage workers. Their results show mixed evidence that excess returns associated with news about the...
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less on developing countries and very little on China involving migrant workers in spite of their growing practical and … search procedures used by migrant workers in China by taking advantage of a rich data set on migrant workers that has … in China. However, our IV results suggest that the OLS estimates are subject to severe selection bias from the fact that …
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Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in the minimum … changes in China over the period of 2004 to 2009. In contrast to the mixed results of previous studies using provincial … Central regions of China, and result in disemployment for females, young adults, and low-skilled workers. …
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the minimum wage has helped lower earnings inequality. China has recently exhibited rapid economic growth and widening … earnings inequality. Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in … relationship between the minimum wage and earnings inequality and its controversial nature have sparked heated debate in China …
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This paper empirically analyzes the impact of Chinese minimum wage regulations on the firm decision to invest in physical and human capital. We exploit the geographical and inter-temporal variations of county-level minimum wages in a panel data set of all state-owned and all above-scale...
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the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …
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associated with the nutritional status of children in rural and urban China. Results from instrumental variables regressions show …
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enforcing minimum wage standards during 2004-2012 in China. We manually collect a panel data set of city-level minimum wage … standards from China's government websites. This analysis finds strong evidence of spatial interdependence in minimum wage … standards and enforcement among main cities in China. If other cities decrease minimum wage standards by 1 RMB, the host city …
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agents care about household production or the income from a second job. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we adopt …
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China since its new minimum wage regulations in 2004 to estimate their impact on wages, wage spillovers, and employment. We …
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