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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]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001743860
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Brides for sale : cross-border marriages and female immigration
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Lee, Soohyung - 2012
from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. -- immigration ; marriage ; sex ratio imbalance ; international marriages ; cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534886
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Does official development assistance affect donor's export? : case of Korea
Noh, Bobae; Heshmati, Almas - 2017
This paper aims to estimate the impact of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by Korea on its bilateral export to recipient countries. The empirical analysis is based on data from 1996 to 2014 with 121 recipient countries. Although the two models of determinants of ODA and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612988
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Aggregate impacts of a gift of time
Lee, Jungmin; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2011
cuts in legislated standard hours that raised employers' overtime costs in Japan around 1990 and Korea in the early 2000s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523511
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Does labor legislation benefit workers? : well-being after an hours reduction
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Lee, Jungmin - 2014
Are workers in modern economies working "too hard" - would they be better off if an equilibrium with fewer work hours were achieved? We examine changes in life satisfaction of Japanese and Koreans over a period when hours of work were cut exogenously because employers suddenly faced an overtime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339618
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A gift of time
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Lee, Jungmin; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2012
cuts in legislated standard hours that raised employers' overtime costs in Japan around 1990 and Korea in the early 2000s … reduction in market time, with the free-up time in Japan reallocated to leisure and personal maintenance, while in Korea the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568416
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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
through which HPWPs lead to better enterprise performance. -- High performance work practices ; employee voice ; Japan ; Korea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966964
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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
been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239013
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The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, … - 2017
China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … 2010), $5.7 trillion for Japan, and $1.5 trillion for South Korea. Our results also highlight the limits of cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704338
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When banana import restrictions lead to exports : a tale of cyclones and quarantine policies
Chia Chiun Ko; Frijters, Paul - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250023