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Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter; Qin, Ping; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and then jointly. We find that spouses' individual risk preferences are more similar the richer the household and the...

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Social Protection and Migration in China: What Can Protect Migrants from Economic Uncertainty?

Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Job-related welfare entitlements are common in China. Migrants who do not hold urban registration are, in principle, not entitled to job-related welfare even if they are employees in the State sector. The official explanation is that rural-urban migrants are allocated access to farm land in...

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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants

Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002

Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

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