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Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time …
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Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural … development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers … women workers in agricultural employment and rural industry, household income, living conditions, marriage, family planning …
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Interest rates in China comprise a mix of both market determined interest rates (interbank rates and bond yields), and … regulated interest rates (lending and deposit rates), reflecting China's gradual process of interest rate liberalization. We …
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of an emerging real estate bubble. We find that, for China as a whole, the current levels of house prices do not seem …€™ mass-market and luxury segments. Unlike advanced economies before 2007-8, prices have tended to correct frequently in China … China has, and will continue to have,a structural driver. …
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Sharp increase in house prices in Hong Kong SAR in 2009-2010 has led to concerns of an emerging real estate bubble. According to our measure of price deviation from fundamentals, which should be taken as an early warning indicator of market exuberance, the current level of house prices in Hong...
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Outlines the development of the construction sector in the period 1980-2001, e.g. the employment in collective-owned vs. state-owned enterprises, the influx of rural workers, role of labour contractors, and the impact of using pre-fabricated concrete and interior fittings such as doors, flooring...
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The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...
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Documents recent changes in the organization and regulation of the construction sector in China. Analyses the impact of … the acquisition of skills. Conclude that in China (as elsewhere in the world today) construction employment is going …
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Analyses the process of pension reform and the role of social dialogue in ten countries, namely: China, France, Greece …
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Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...
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