from China. Although population headcounts of the foreign-born fell by more than those of the native-born in regions … exposed to the China trade shock, the overall contribution of immigration to labor market adjustment in this episode was small … industries that would later see increased import penetration from China. The foreign-born share of the working-age population in …

geographic and demographic incidence of alternative local labor demand shocks, with implications for the appropriate level of … a rich two-sided labor market assignment model. The model generates simulated forecasts of many alternative local demand …

than sons. Although China's hukou mobility restrictions are not gender-specific in intent, they have larger adverse effects … on girls. Rural residents adjacent to cities that experience shocks to labor demand after China's accession to the WTO …About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants with a rural hukou that severely restricts their children …

This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People's Republic of … China. It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of 6407 urban households, a continuous measure of health … characteristics and work conditions impact the demand for medical care. Income elasticity is around 0.3, indicating medical care is a …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

The overuse of medical services including antibiotics is often blamed on Physician Induced Demand. But since this … all of these treatments reduce antibiotics prescriptions, suggesting that antibiotics abuse in China is not driven by …

importance of demand and supply-side factors in explaining the fall in trade. In particular, we decompose the fall in …

market. This paper examines the initial effects of the tax subsidy on the demand for health insurance using previously …

approximately $140 million or 7.5 percent of current coverage. As expected, tax effects vary with the elasticity of demand. When … demand is largely inelastic, e.g., automobile liability coverage, taxes do not affect self-insurance …