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Relative income, network interactions and social stigma
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2010
-wave census-type panel data in 18 villages in rural western China, two identification strategies, instrumental variable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307575
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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
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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - 2013
income trap as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese … China's IKC generates patents in China, but fewer than in major industrialized economies. Among domestically owned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329064
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How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election
Liu, Gordon G.; Kwon, Ohyun; Xue, Xindong; Fleisher, … - 2014
China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009 …
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Wages, Innovation, and Employment in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Wang, Xiaojun; … - 2017
in China. Our empirical approach implements concepts developed in Acemoglu (2010) and complements the approaches … change has influenced productivity growth in China, at least in the decade of the 1990s, but perhaps less so or not at all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653477
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The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-being in China
Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2019
satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006014
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Social Interactions and Stigmatized Behavior: "Donating" Blood Plasma in Rural China
Chen, Xi; Sahn, David E.; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2018
" blood plasma in exchange for cash rewards in China. We do so using two primary data sets: the first is a three-wave, census …
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Innovation, Wages, and Polarization in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Su, Yaqin; … - 2018
Using data from CHIPS 1995-2013, we find polarization of employment from middle-income Skilled jobs to work in the Unskilled and Self-Employment job categories. This redistribution of employment is consistent with the automation of routine noncognitive tasks in the skilled sector as analyzed in...
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Credit Constraints, Organizational Choice, and Returns to Capital: Evidence from a Rural Industrial Cluster in China
Ruan, Jianqing; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2009
entrepreneurs can set up business in low-return activities with minimal barriers to entry. Using a cashmere sweater cluster in China … accessible for small entrepreneurs widely available in rural China, even without a well functioning capital market. The observed …
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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 …
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