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Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the...
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Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752085
. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data we are able to measure the share of children's lifetime during …
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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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Over the past two decades, more than 160 million rural residents have migrated to cities in China. They are usually … survey from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) project, we find that larger social networks are significantly …
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in China (RUMiC), we find that network size matters significantly for migrant workers. Our preferred IV estimates suggest …
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Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low …
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Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
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