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China. The model is estimated using China Population Census Data along with PM2.5 satellite data. Our study provides new … equilibrium sorting model to the valuation of non-market amenities in China. We employ two novel instrumental variables based on …
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the household location decision directly, and we apply it to the case of air quality in U.S. metro areas in 1990 and 2000 … with respect to air quality of 0.34 to 0.42. These estimates imply that the median household would pay $149 to $185 (in …
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This paper discusses evidence on human capital investment in China. Policies through the mid 1990s favor physical …
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. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey …
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China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …
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experiment - the unexpected disclosure of PM2.5 data in China. We find that perception bias before the data disclosure leads to a …
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pollution distorts individuals' fertility behaviors in China. We document a robust pattern in which increased pollution over …
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This paper considers the sources of skill formation in a modern economy and emphasizes the importance of both cognitive and noncognitive skills in producing economic and social success and the importance of both formal academic institutions and families and firms as sources of learning. Skill...
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Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...
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