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have good access to water. Water engineering can thus contribute significantly to reducing gender education gaps in rural …
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Estimating the rate of return to a university degree has always been difficult due to the problem of omitted variable biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university entry, combined with a unique data set with...
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This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new...
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In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements in education as well as its...
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We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in GDP, albeit with a GDP per capita at the low level of a developing country. Its tremendous economic development has overlooked the growing social inequalities and rising...
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coresidency with adult children on the labor force participation of older adult differs by urban vs. rural residence. In 1982, the … LFPR of urban elders who coresided with their adult children were significantly higher than those who did not coreside. By … 2000, this effect completely disappeared. In contrast, in rural areas, coresidency with adult children had a large and …
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and is found to be similar across countries. As at the end of the 1980s, the gender wage gap is larger in Russia where …
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structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … gender wage-productivity differentials, and more exposure through increased foreign investment leads to differentials in … favor of female workers. On the other hand, gender discrimination is found to be prevalent among domestically owned and non …
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’consumption expenditure patterns. We find some differences in consumption patterns which relate to differences in gender of … children, which can be seen as evidence of sexual bias related to a commonly believed existing preference for boys. …
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presence in the household of preschool and school-age children and/or the elderly and disabled affects women's likelihood of … and that presence of pre-school age children significantly decreases it. The negative effect on women's labor force … participation of having young children in the household (compared to no children in the household) is substantially larger in …
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