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Educational inputs and outcomes before the transition from communism
Beirne, John (contributor); Campos, Nauro (contributor) - 2006
Conventional wisdom suggests that the stocks of human capital were one of the few positive legacies from communism. However, if factories under communism were so inefficient, why would the education system not have been? Using the education production function approach and new data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003522740
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Returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy
Terrell, Katherine D.; Švejnar, Jan; Münich, Daniel - 2000
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325997
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Expropriation with hukou change : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Akgüç, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that those obtaining an urban hukou have better labour market...
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Explaining trends in adult height in China: 1950 to 1990
Chae, Minhee; Hatton, Timothy J.; Meng, Xin - 2021
This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the household structure and local economic conditions during the individual's childhood to explain the trend. We find that during the 40-year period, the growth rate of adult height...
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Impact of paternal temporary absence on children left behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence … investment ; child labor ; Vietnam ; VLSS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894803
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Inequality in Vietnamese urban-rural living standards, 1993 - 2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - 2010
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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Drawn into violence : evidence on "what makes a criminal" from the Vietnam draft lotteries
Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006947
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Gender patterns in Vietnam's child mortality
Pham, Thong Le; Kooreman, Peter; Koning, Ruud Hans; … - 2011
We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307351
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Does the military train men to be violent criminals? : new evidence from Australia's conscription lotteries
Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P.; Paull, Alexander - 2013
prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696945
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Who suffers the penalty? : a panel data analysis of earnings gaps in Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe J.; Roubaud, François - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696962