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Got technology? The impact of computers and cell phones on productivity in a difficult business climate ; evidence from firms with female owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - 2011
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated with regulations, infrastructure, security, workforce, corruption, and finance. This study shows that such reliance has significant positive impacts on productivity as measured...
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China's high saving puzzle
Ma, Guonan; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2013
jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293143
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Happiness, growth, and public policy
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
If society's goal is to increase people's feelings of well-being, economic growth in itself will not do the job. Full employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not only in higher income nations but also in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293153
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The costs of worker displacement in urban labor markets of China
Ge, Yuhao; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293186
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A theoretical model of the Chinese labor market
Fields, Gary S.; Song, Yang - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293202
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Insuring against Health Shocks: Health Insurance and Household Choices
Liu, Kai - 2015
with health shocks. Exploiting the rollout of a universal health insurance program in rural China, I find that total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288219
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Pension Income on Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
Cheng, Lingguo; Liu, Hong; Zhang, Ye; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307335
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Estimating the External Returns to Education: Evidence from China
Fan, Wen; Ma, Yuanyuan; Wang, Liming - 2015
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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Children of Migrants: The Impact of Parental Migration on Their Children's Education and Health Outcomes
Meng, Xin; Yamauchi, Chikako - 2015
. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data we are able to measure the share of children's lifetime during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307375
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Left Behind, At Risk, and Vulnerable Elders in Rural China: What the RUMIC Data Reveal about the Extent, Causes, and Consequences of Being Left Behind
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015
Migration of any distance separates family members for long periods of time. In China, an institutional legacy …
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