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Danzer, Alexander M.; Grundke, Robert - 2016

's geographic variation in the suitability for cotton production combined with a surge in the world market price of cotton in 2010 … command political capital to coerce workers. The expansion in land attributed to cotton production led to increases in labor … demand and wages for cotton pickers; however, the price hike benefits only workers on entrepreneurial private farms, whereas …

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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries

Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012

We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...

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The labor supply and retirement behavior of China's older workers and elderly in comparative perspective

Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Cai, Wei - 2011

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Unequal consequences of COVID-19 across age and income: representative evidence from six countries

Belot, Michèle; Choi, Syngjoo; Tripodi, Egon; Van den … - 2020

Covid-19 and the measures taken to contain it have led to unprecedented constraints on work and leisure activities, across the world. This paper uses nationally representative surveys to document how people of different ages and incomes have been affected across six countries (China, South...

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Sibling size and investment in children's education : an Asian instrument

Lee, Jungmin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Observable and unobservable household sharing rules : evidence from young couples' pocket money

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Educational production in East Asia : the impact of family background and schooling policies on student performance

Woessmann, Ludger (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Is subjective well-being insured against income shocks? : evidence from 20-year panel data in South Korea

Kim, Seonghoon; Ahn, Taehyun; Kim, Seonghoon - 2024

Using 20 years of nationally representative panel data in South Korea, we estimate how life satisfaction responds to income shocks. We document that unexpected income changes significantly impact an individual's life satisfaction, and the magnitudes depend on the persistence of income shocks. We...

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High performance work practices and employee voice : a comparison of Japanese and Korean workers

Bae, Kiu-sik; Chūma, Hiroyuki; Kato, Takao; Kim, Dong-bae - 2010

Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...

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Post-socialist international migration : the case of China-to-South Korea ethnic labour migration

Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010

This paper examines an atypical south-north labour migration that emerged in the postsocialist international migration system: China-to-South Korea ethnic labour migration. In the past two decades, South Korea has experienced an unprecedented increase in the arrival of foreign labour. The...

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