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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom

Klasen, Stephan - 2012

In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 …, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force participation than one might expect. Recent trends in employment and …

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Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World : Evidence from China

de Brauw, Alan - 2014

In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households...

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Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of the Left Behinds in Rural China

Démurger, Sylvie - 2016

This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, we assess the impact of remittances sent to rural households on...

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Conspicuous Consumption in the United States and China

Jinkins, David Carson - 2014

I develop a model of conspicuous consumption to empirically measure the importance of peer beliefs to Americans and Chinese. In the model, a consumer cares not only about the direct utility she receives from consumption, but also about the way her consumption pattern affects her peer group's...

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Understanding Chinese Consumption : The Impact of Hukou

Dreger, Christian - 2014

The Chinese growth miracle was based on exports and investment in recent years. While strong output growth has been maintained even during the financial crisis, the imbalances within the country increased. To return to a more sustainable path of development, policies are directed to improve the...

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Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China : A Decomposition Method

Si, Yafei - 2018

In China, tobacco consumption is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and understanding the pattern of socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption will, thus, help to develop targeted policies of public health control. Data came from the China Health and Retirement...

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Urban-Rural Consumption Inequality in China from 1988 to 2002 : Evidence from Quantile Regression Decomposition

Qu, Zhaopeng (Frank); Zhao, Zhong - 2021

One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but most of them focus on income or earnings inequality. In this paper, we investigate the consumption disparity between urban and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our...

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Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Trade and Employment : Evidence from China

Zeng, Xiangquan - 2011

Coordination of macro-economic development and employment is an essential issue for China's social development, which … review and empirical test, this paper analyses the relationship between macro-economic policy and employment, and discusses … the impact of real exchange rate and foreign trade on employment. The research indicates that a stable and competitive …

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Aid, Growth, and Jobs

Fields, Gary - 2013

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the...

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Minimum Wages and Employment in China

Fang, Tony - 2013

and a longitudinal household survey from 16 representative provinces to estimate the employment effects of minimum wage …-level data, we present evidence that minimum wage changes have significant adverse effects on employment in the Eastern and …

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