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Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence … investment ; child labor ; Vietnam ; VLSS …
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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 …-rural inequality ; Vietnam ; unconditional quantile regression ; Oaxaca decomposition …
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Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military … used to draft servicemen. -- crime ; violence ; military ; two-sample IV ; Vietnam War …
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We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region …
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prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam …
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structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave …, we draw conclusions highlighting the Vietnam's labour market specificity. -- informal employment ; earnings gap … ; transition matrix ; panel data ; Vietnam …
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In the absence of a broad-based pension scheme, the elderly in developing countries may rely on monetary transfers made by their children and on their own labour supply. This paper examines whether monetary transfers from children help to reduce elderly parents' need to work. Taking the possible...
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Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use … significantly weaker for men. -- arranged marriage ; education ; schooling ; freedom of choice ; development ; Vietnam ; Red River …
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Theory ; Vietnam ; field experiment …
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Does financial health shore up firm productivity? This paper empirically investigates this question and presents productivity as another driving factor in translating financial development into real economic progress. Our empirical framework employs Levinsohn and Petrin's (2003) semi-parametric...
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