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 …

.g., gender, ethnicity) has a much greater impact on immigrant wages in Japan than in the United States. Although the use of … Hamamatsu, whereas it is negative in San Diego. The paper draws on data from ethnographic studies in Japan and California to …

comparing the gender wage gap across four countries, Australia, France, Japan and Britain. Our results concord with those of …

are critical in accounting for the differences in size distribution between the U.S. and Japan. …