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Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Pierenkemper, Toni; Kendzia, Michael J. - 2010
The paper provides a historical overview of the pre-modern allocation of work within the territory of the later Germany from the 18th until the middle of the 19th century. We explore how the social allocation of work during the feudal system took place and trace back the development of wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968435
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Migration, migrants and policy in the United Kingdom
Hatton, Timothy J.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 1999
This paper draws together, in the form of a survey, a number of different aspects of the United Kingdom's international migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of international migration and the factors influencing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316910
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times : Sweden 1913 - 1939
Holmlund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536419
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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country : identification using Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin (contributor); Zhang, Junsen (contributor);  … - 2007
attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641527
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Parental education and wages : evidence from China
Chen, Yuanyuan; Feng, Shuaizhang - 2009
Using nationally representative data in China, we find substantial positive partial correlations of both parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860648
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Class origin, family culture, and intergenerational correlation of education in rural China
Satō, Hiroshi (contributor); Li, Shi (contributor) - 2007
"This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003460688
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Exploring the impact of interrupted education on earnings : the educational cost of the Chinese cultural revolution
Meng, Xin (contributor); Gregory, Robert G. (contributor) - 2007
"During the Chinese Cultural Revolution many schools stopped normal operation for a long time, senior high schools stopped student recruitment for up to 6 years, and universities stopped recruitment for an even longer period. Such large scale school interruptions significantly reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429627
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China’s higher education expansion and its labor market consequences
Li, Shi; Xing, Chunbing - 2010
Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in … school graduate. That of the college graduate deceased, but only slightly and not significantly. -- China ; higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969742
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SES health gradients during the epidemiological transition : the case of China
Lei, Xiaoyan; Yin, Nina; Zhao, Yaohui - 2010
, and these may exhibit SES gradients and exacerbate social inequality. Using hypertension as an example and data from China … (CHNS), we find that the prevalence of hypertension in China is already close to levels in developed countries, under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959964
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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring : evidence from the China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010
offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is … to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008844