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We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
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We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...
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Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
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This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from …
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One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large …
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We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China …
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This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the total effects of famine in China on marital behavior of famine …
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their schooling investments in rural China. The main estimate implies that when a son receives one yuan less in schooling …
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longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we have found a positive, age-enhancing income gradient of child …
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This paper examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in China. The analyses are conducted separately … education in rural China is much higher for females than for males. Associated with this, the wage penalty where workers are … females in rural China. These findings are interpreted using the explanations offered for the gender differential in the …
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