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Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Li, Shi; Nivorozhkina, Ludmila; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering … earnings reach a maximum at a lower age than in China. The association between education and income in China has increased to … while the publically employed in China enjoy a positive payoff of limited magnitude. …

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Long Work Hours and Health in China

Nie, Peng; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours …

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Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China

Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may...

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Changes in China's Wage Structure

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China. …

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The Effects of the State Sector on Wage Inequality in Urban China: 1988–2007

Xia, Qingjie; Song, Lina; Li, Shi; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the effects of state sector domination on wage inequality in urban China. Using Chinese Household …

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How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election

Liu, Gordon G.; Kwon, Ohyun; Xue, Xindong; Fleisher, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009 …

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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot

Strauss, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Park, Albert; Shen, Yan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …

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Community Effects on Elderly Health: Evidence from CHARLS National Baseline

Smith, James P.; Tian, Meng; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

There is increasing interest in neighborhood or area effects on health and individual development. China, due to its … opportunity to study such effects. Utilizing China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline survey 2011 …

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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine

Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China’s Great Famine on adult health and labor market …

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