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The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Appleton, Simon; Knight, John; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
surveys, spanning eleven years, to answer this question with respect to labour market rewards in urban China. We conceptualize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761810
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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China
Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265652
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Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506888
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Do Institutions Affect Social Preferences? Evidence from Divided Korea
Kim, Byung-Yeon; Choi, Syngjoo; Lee, Jungmin; Lee, Sokbae; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The Cold War division of Korea, regarded as a natural experiment in institutional change, provides a unique opportunity to examine whether institutions affect social preferences. We recruited North Korean refugees and South Korean students to conduct laboratory experiments eliciting social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688392
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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103266
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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530644
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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575482
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Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884249
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Trust and Trustworthiness under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam
Nguyen, Quang; Villeval, Marie Claire; Xu, Hui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the influence of risk and time preferences on trust and trustworthiness by conducting a field experiment in Vietnamese villages and by estimating the parameters of the Cumulative Prospect Theory and of quasi-hyperbolic time preferences. We find that while probability sensitivity or risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711936
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Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Pilot Project in Vietnam
Dinh, Ngan; Hughes, Conor; Hughes, James W.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
statistically useful data. In this paper we present the results of a pilot study run in rural Vietnam with the aim of overcoming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095494