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A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors, with an Application to the Study of Poverty Persistence in China
Giles, John - 2013
examine the impact of rural-urban migration on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089968
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A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors, with an Application to the Study of Poverty Persistence in China
Giles, John - 2017
on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In this application, it is shown that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976406
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A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors, with an Application to the Study of Poverty Persistence in China
Giles, John; Murtazashvili, Irina - 2012
on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In this application, it is shown that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012551616
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Evaluating Continuous Training Programs Using the Generalized Propensity Score
Kluve, Jochen; Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne; … - 2008
This paper assesses the dynamics of treatment effects arising from variation in the duration of training. We use German administrative data that have the extraordinary feature that the amount of treatment varies continuously from 10 days to 395 days (i.e. 13 months).This feature allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220677
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The Fertility Effect of Catastrophe : U.S. Hurricane Births
Evans, Richard W. - 2007
For years, anecdotal evidence has suggested increased fertility rates resulting from catastrophic events in an area. In this paper, we measure this fertility effect using storm advisory data and fertility data for the Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties of the United States. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776118
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Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2006
incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704720
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Pension Income on Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
Cheng, Lingguo; Liu, Hong; Zhang, Ye; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
unique opportunity due to the recent establishment and expansion of the social pension system in rural China, we explicitly … highlight that living arrangement is multidimensional in rural China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307335
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The Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on the Health of the Left-behind Parents
Ao, Xiang; Jiang, Dawei; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China has begun a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Along … care of their parents. This paper uses the Rural Urban Migration in China data to empirically investigate the effect of … to complement the traditional family care in rural China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401617
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Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
-being. In this paper, we examine the link between weight, height and well-being for three distinct samples in China given that … attractiveness effects likely vary greatly across sociocultural contexts. As China has recently undergone rapid economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401651