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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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focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
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This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment – the U.S. granting of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China … after China's accession to the World Trade Organization – to examine whether trade liberalization affects the incidence of … child labor in China. PNTR permanently set U.S. duties on Chinese imports at low Normal Trade Relations (NTR) levels and …
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The paper studies the levels and changes in wage inequality among Chinese rural-urban migrants during 2002-2007. Using data from two waves of national household surveys, we find that wage inequality among migrants decreased significantly between 2002 and 2007. Our analysis on the wage...
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Over the past two decades, more than 160 million rural residents have migrated to cities in China. They are usually … survey from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) project, we find that larger social networks are significantly …
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Shenyang, China. Through in-depth interviews with homeowners living in danwei communities, or urban villages, at the pre …
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We provide evidence that promotion incentives influence the effort of public employees by studying China's system of …
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) in China. We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data (n = 6530) for this paper. Logistic … and community factors on life satisfaction and depression among the oldest-old in China. Our analysis confirms the … significance of many factors affecting life satisfaction among the oldest-old in China. Factors that are correlated with life …
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Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate revenue. This study investigates the impacts of land requisition on farmers' decisions of labor allocation between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. We argue that,...
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in China. Our empirical approach implements concepts developed in Acemoglu (2010) and complements the approaches … change has influenced productivity growth in China, at least in the decade of the 1990s, but perhaps less so or not at all …
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