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Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Chen, Xi - 2011
rural China, we examine blood sales (or more correctly, “donations with nutrition subsidy”), a widely regarded stigma …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444329
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Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Li, Shi; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004
during China?s between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus budget …-constraint effects as China?s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by government for students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262177
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Access to higher education and inequality: the Chinese experiment
Wang, Xiaojun; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Li, Shi - 2007
returns to schooling for college graduates during China's reform between 1988 and 2002. We find that there were substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268382
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268707
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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms : Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Fleisher, Belton M.; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004
a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271753
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng - 2007
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273849
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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring: Evidence from the China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010
offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274685
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Gift-giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-term Spontaneous Gift Records
Chen, Xi - 2014
. We then document our research project in rural China that implements a multiple wave census-type household survey and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468169
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COVID-19 Lockdown, Home Environment, Lifestyles, and Mental Health among Preschoolers in China
Zhang, Yunting; Zhao, Jin; Yu, Zhangsheng; Wang, Guanghai; … - 2024
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525700
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Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Chen, Xi - 2015
subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a unique longitudinal dataset at the individual level, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345378