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from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …
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mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the U.S. labor market. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been …
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This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that …
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Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health outcomes. We study the case of the Taiwanese Ghost month. During this period, which is believed to increase the likelihood of bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in...
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variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan …
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This paper uses the natural experiment of a large imbalance between men and women of marriageable age in Taiwan in the …
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This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Our estimates indicate that the rising returns to education, pre-migration experience and hours worked per week play...
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This paper takes advantage of the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement data set to empirically evaluate whether the …
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Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes...
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This paper studies intergenerational mobility the transmission of family influence. We develop and estimate measures of lifetime resources (income and wealth) motivated by economic theory that account for generational differences in life-cycle trajectories, uncertainty, and credit constraints....
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