School shutdown due to the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can lead to an increase in education inequality through disproportionately affecting disadvantaged children. We use data from a unique survey of 7,330 junior high school students and their parents from Shaanxi to...

For developing countries with advanced societies and growing economies, it is essential to accurately assess the technological innovation effect of capital goods imports on regional development quality. This study explores the path of high-quality urban development from the perspective of...

This report details research on the relationship between education and wages. The work is largely based on the Labour Force Surveys 1992-2000 and the focus of the research is largely on academic education. The report contains microeconometric estimates of the relationship between (log) wages and...

There is increasing interest in understanding the role of neighborhood-level factors on the health of individuals. Many large-scale epidemiological studies that accurately measure health status of individuals and individual risk factors exist. Sometimes these studies are linked to area-level...

There is increasing interest in understanding the role of neighborhood-level factors on the health of individuals. Many large-scale epidemiological studies that accurately measure health status of individuals and individual risk factors exist. Sometimes these studies are linked to area-level...

In this paper, we reveal that in the Chinese stock market, the significant negative relationship between tail risk and expected returns only exists when excluding the bottom 30% market capitalization (small-cap) stocks, a finding that helps to reconcile the mixed result of the tail risk effect...

This study examines the increasingly complex challenges facing human resource management (HRM) in China following the country's accession to the WTO and, consequently, the implications for further reform of government policy and enterprise-level HRM practices. The article concludes that current...

Job posting counts (JPCs) are increasingly being used as indicators of employment dynamics, but they have not received sufficient research attention to establish their value as a metric of these dynamics. This study aims to assess the efficacy of the traditional survey-based unemployment rate...

As major producers in the national economy, industrial enterprises bear great responsibility for carbon emissions. A smart city pilot policy (SCPP) with innovative advantages and environmentally friendly features provides a feasible way to scientifically achieve carbon emission reduction targets...