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Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Disparities in length of schooling between the largest Muslim minority in China, the Hui, and the Han majority are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959613
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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese … China's IKC generates patents in China, but fewer than in major industrialized economies. Among domestically owned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721628
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Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Easterlin, Richard A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
If society's goal is to increase people's feelings of well-being, economic growth in itself will not do the job. Full employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not only in higher income nations but also in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627841
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884100
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212567
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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212570
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Evolution of the Industrial Wage Structure in China Since 1980
Kwon, O Hyun; Fleisher, Belton M.; Deng, Quheng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in … contributed to wage inequality due monopoly rent sharing. We show that the industrial wage dispersion in China has evolved to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225771
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822282
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Urban-Rural Consumption Inequality in China from 1988 to 2002: Evidence from Quantile Regression Decomposition
Qu, Zhaopeng; Zhao, Zhong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822420
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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market
Fields, Gary S.; Song, Yang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture – and China's unique household registration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778777