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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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At the Lower End of the Table: Determinants of Poverty among Immigrants to Denmark and Sweden
Verner, Mette; Pedersen, Peder J.; Gustafsson, Björn; … - 2005
In this paper we study determinants of relative poverty among immigrants and natives in Denmark and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s. Denmark and Sweden share the same properties in a range of labour market and welfare state characteristics. At the same time they differ very much in cyclical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271834
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Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia : A Panel Data Study
Galloway, Taryn Ann - 2009
Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel data. While native children face yearly poverty risks of less than 10 percent in all three countries and for all years investigated the increasing proportion of immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158668
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Unemployment and the rising number of non-workers in urban China: Causes and distributional consequences
Gustafsson, Björn; Ding, Sai - 2011
Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291950
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A new episode of increased urban income inequality in China
Deng, Quheng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291957
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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. …
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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
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China-Africa co-operation in structural transformation: Ideas, opportunities, and finances
Lin, Justin Yifu; Wang, Yan - 2014
This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of … growth and job creation. Being a bit ahead in the structural transformation process, China can provide ideas, tacit knowledge …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see …
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