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Fertility and rural electrification in Bangladesh
Fujii, Tomoki; Shonchoy, Abu S. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
We use a panel dataset from Bangladesh to examine the relationship between fertility and the adoption of electricity … of electricity reduces fertility, and this impact is more pronounced when the household already has two or more children … the optimal number of children but not necessarily current fertility behavior if the optimal number has not yet been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249497
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Effects of birth order and sibling sex composition on human capital investment in children in India
Makino, Momoe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
India using the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS). Endogeneity of fertility is addressed using instruments and … India. Once endogeneity of fertility is addressed, there is no evidence for a negative birth order effect or sibling sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493060
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In Memory of Dr. Ali Al-Gritly (1913-1982): His Views on Egypt's experience with Socialism
Yamada, Toshikazu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
This essay reexamines the great contributions made by Dr. Ali Al-Gritly to Egypt. He was the finance minister for a short period at the beginning of the 1950s and later was appointed as chairman of the Bank of Alexandria. In 1966, he completed a book (Al-Gritly [1966 (1974)]) on the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988420
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The LTTE Proposals for an Interim Self-Governing Authority and Future of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
Keerawella, Gamini - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
The political brinkmanship of the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam has been illustrated vividly by the way in which it brought forward its proposals for an Interim Self-Governing Authority by exploiting the vulnerabilities of the United National Front Government. In the proposals the LTTE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744787
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Taiwan strait crises and Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking : a perspective from the Taiwan's archive
Matsumoto, Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
mainland China and the defense of the Da-chen islands before and after the initiation of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1954 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938732
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Assessing agglomeration economies in the Yangzi River Delta, China : a bayesian spatial econometric approach
Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro; Chen, Kuang-hui - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
the agglomeration effect, in the Yangtze River Delta, China. A spatial Durbin model is presented that makes explicit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941676
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A closer look at the diffusion of ChinaGAP
Lei, Lei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
To enhance Chinese agricultural production, improve food quality, build consumer trust, and encourage the export of agricultural products, the Chinese government designed the Chinese version of Good Agricultural Practice (ChinaGAP) based on the main principles of the GlobalGAP combining the...
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The voices and protests of China's labour NGOs and their effort to promote migrant worker rights
Yamaguchi, Mami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Labour NGOs in China are relatively new organizations that emerged in the 1990s and have spread during the 2000s …. Migrant workers in China are weak both socially and economically and have been lacking ways of voicing grievances and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213713
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Product quality and intra-industry trade
Ito, Tadashi; Okubo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
quality improvement of Chinese export goods in its IIT with Germany. We compare the case of China with those of Eastern … between Germany and Eastern European countries is clearly narrowing. However, China's export prices to Germany are much lower … than Germany's export prices to China, and this gap has not narrowed over the last 23 years. This is at odds with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213714
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The emission reduction effect and economic impact of an energy tax vs. a carbon tax in China : a dynamic CGE model analysis
Zou, Lele; Xue, Jinjun; Fox, Alan; Meng, Bo; Shibata, … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new …
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