This paper explores the relationship between obesity and economic conditions in Finland, using individual microdata …-to-population ratio produces a decrease in obesity over the period of investigation, other things being equal. This effect arises from the … decline in the height-adjusted weight of people who are deeply overweight, (BMI>35). In addition, the effect is strongest for …

This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to …

criticized for contributing to the obesity problem in the U.S. by making large quantities of fattening foods widely available and …

. The accelerated growth episodes observed in Brazil and China demonstrate that the increase in income inequality may have …

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …

We analyze empirically whether the emergence of China as a large recipient of FDI has affected the amount of FDI … find a substitution from Latin American inward FDI to China, when other relevant factors are taken into account. However …, concentrating on the last few years (from 1995 to 2001), when FDI boomed worldwide and negotiations for China’s WTO membership …

This paper reviews economic studies on rural-urban migration issues in China. The paper focuses on four issues: the … household registration system in China, the profile of the migrants, explanations for rural-to-urban migration, and the …

This paper calculates a unit labor-cost based real effective exchange rate for China for the period 1987-2002. It …

This article discusses the probability of growth of neoliberalism in modern China and its implications for Chinese … constitutionalism. A China polity under the vision of a neo-liberal regime engenders problems of prescribing a legal system and … historicity of Western liberalism and China's ontological base in tradition, being Confucianism. The historic excesses and abuses …