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This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the United States: challenges for military recruitment. Specifically, this paper estimates the percent...
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This paper documents where immigrants who enter the U.S. with different types of visas (quot;green cardsquot;) choose to live initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1971 to 2000, matched to...
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Mental health conditions have worsened in many countries in recent decades. The provision of unconditional cash transfers may be one effective policy strategy for improving mental health, but causal evidence on their efficacy is rare in high-income countries. This study investigates the mental...
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In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …
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attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …
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China's recently implemented New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), the largest social pension program in the world, was … China Family Panel Studies to study determinants of the decision to enroll in NRPS, premiums paid, and time taken to enroll …
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exploit a different source of exogenous variation in family size. The One Child Policy (OCP) in China dramatically reduced …
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to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …
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to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …
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