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This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...
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changes for the balance and sustainability of China's own economic development as well as the associated implications for the … global monetary system. While China is actively promoting the internationalization of its currency, it is a long way from … attaining full convertibility or meeting other prerequisites for achieving reserve currency status. Ultimately, China will …
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jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the …
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only in higher income nations but also in countries that account for most of the population of the less-developed world …. These conclusions are suggested by an analysis of a wide range of evidence on happiness in countries throughout the world. …
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This paper analyzes the costs of job loss in China, using unique new data from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China … segmented urban labor markets in China. All displaced workers have an increased likelihood of being informal, while only …
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This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors - state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture - and China's unique household registration …
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with health shocks. Exploiting the rollout of a universal health insurance program in rural China, I find that total …
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unique opportunity due to the recent establishment and expansion of the social pension system in rural China, we explicitly … highlight that living arrangement is multidimensional in rural China. …
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Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we examine how individual wages change in line with … education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an instrumental variables fixed effects model where share of college graduates … China and targeting it more toward poorly educated workers. …
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. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data we are able to measure the share of children's lifetime during …
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