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Social norms and fertility
Myong, Sunha; Park, JungJae; Yi, Junjian - 2018
on two social norms associated with Confucianism: the unequal gender division of childcare within a household and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896890
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Confucianism and preferences : evidence from lab experiments in Taiwan and China
Liu, Elaine M.; Meng, Juanjuan; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi - 2013
This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that … loving, less loss averse, and more impatient after being primed with Confucianism, whereas Taiwanese subjects became … significantly less present-based and were inclined to be more trustworthy after being primed by Confucianism. Combining the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201272
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Vietnam's extraordinary performance in the PISA assessment : a cultural explanation of an education paradox
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Perera, Liyanage Devangi H.; … - 2020
This paper examines the nature and drivers of Vietnam's paradoxical performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) - consistently high student achievement despite being the poorest of all participating countries and a centralized education system. We first document...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193939
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The long-term outcomes of refugees : tracking the progress of the East African Asians
Anders, Jake; Burgess, Simon M.; Portes, Jonathan - 2018
Refugees are often perceived as an economic "burden", as the current debate on the European refugee crisis illustrates. But there is little quantitative evidence on the medium-term outcomes of refugees in the UK. We fill this gap by looking at the case of "East African Asians" who arrived as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874661
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Openness and technological innovation in East Asia : have they increased the demand for skills?
Almeida, Rita - 2009
This paper asks whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902447
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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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Evolution of capital structure in East Asia : corporate inertia or endeavours?
Driffield, Nigel L. (contributor);  … - 2008
The present paper examines the capital structure adjustment dynamics of listed non-financial corporations in seven East Asian countries during 1994-2002. Compared to firms in the least affected countries, average leverages were much higher among firms in the worst affected countries while the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003693700
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Education, governance, and trade- and distance-related technology diffusion : accounting for the Latin America-East Asia TFP gap, and the TFP impact of South America's greater dist...
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017
This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734518
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Education, governance, trade and distance : impact on technology diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America productivity gap
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017
This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin America - specifically South America and Mexico (SAM) - and East Asia, over the 32 years preceding the Great Recession (1976-2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672619
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Hate in the time of COVID-19 : racial crimes against East Asians
Carr, Joel; James, Jonathan G.; Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; … - 2022
We provide evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial hate crime in England and Wales. Using various data sources, including unique data collected through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from UK police forces, a difference-in-difference and event study approaches, we find...
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