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We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to … demand. More negatively affected regions see modest increases in the uptake of government transfers, but these transfers … - similar to those caused by the decline of employment in coal production since the 1980s, indicating that the China trade shock …
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respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import competition from China. Although foreign-born population headcounts fell by …
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We study urban Chinese employers' preferences between workers with and without a local residence permit (hukou) using …
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rural residents. In this paper we focus on China's household registration system, or "hukou", as a potential source of the … advantage of variation in hukou status generated by individual-level changes over time. Unlike previous studies, we are able to … hukou "premium". For estimates that do not account for time-invariant individual characteristics, urban hukou holders earn …
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general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand …
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provides the first credible evidence on the demand for child care characteristics in the market for home-based care. Using a …
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Many preschool-age children in the U.S. attend center-based child care programs that are of low quality. This paper examines the extent to which teacher qualifications – widely considered important inputs to classroom quality - are valued by providers during the hiring process. To do so, we...
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Since formal laws can be observed or ignored to varying degrees, the actual enforcement regime shapes incentives and constraints. Most of the studies exploring EPL effects on labour market performance implicitly assume that EPL compliance is near to complete and therefore all firms bear full...
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We analyze wage differentials mobility between the formal and informal sector in urban Mexico, using panel data on five quarters drawn from Mexico's Urban Employment Survey. We develop a dynamic random effects panel data model. It consists of two separate wage equations for the two sectors and a...
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This study uses data from the largest Austrian job board to examine labor-demand responses in the first months after … remained low even when implemented restrictions were loosened again. The decrease in labor demand affected all levels of … occupations, estimates remain very similar, suggesting that the impact is not driven by an increase in the demand for teleworkable …
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