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Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988 - 2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268820
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Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566831
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Gender wage-productivity differentials and global integration in China
Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - 2013
to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291306
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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China
Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265652
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Unemployment and Vacancy Dynamics with Imperfect Financial Markets
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Graber, Michael; Wälde, Klaus - 2015
This paper proposes a simple general equilibrium model with labour market frictions and an imperfect financial market. The aim of the paper is to analyse the transitional dynamics of unemployment and vacancies when financial constraints are in place. We model the financial sector as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401799
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Gender Quotas: Challenging the Boards, Performance, and the Stock Market
Ferrari, Giulia; Ferraro, Valeria; Profeta, Paola; … - 2016
In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing before and after the reform within firms, we find that quotas are associated with a higher share of female board directors, higher levels of education of board members, and a lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559667
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Do Board Gender Quotas Matter? Selection, Performance and Stock Market Effects
Ferrari, Giulia; Ferraro, Valeria; Profeta, Paola; … - 2018
From business to politics and academia, the economic effects of the introduction of gender quotas are under scrutiny. We provide new evidence based on the introduction of mandatory gender quotas for boards of directors of Italian companies listed on the stock market. Comparing before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873466
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Risk management among the poor: The case of microfinancial services
Arun, Thankom; Bendig, Mirko - 2010
This paper argues that the level of financial services provision determines the risk management strategies among the poor. The paper estimates the determinants of the household's use of one, two or all three types of microfinancial services applying ordered probit models and additionally probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274583
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The Way People Lie in Markets: Detectable vs. Deniable Lies
Tergiman, Chloe; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2021
In a finitely repeated game with asymmetric information, we experimentally study how individuals adapt the nature of their lies when settings allow for reputation-building. While some lies can be detected ex post by the uninformed party, others remain deniable. We find that traditional market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882507
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Private information, human capital, and optimal 'home bias' in financial markets
Ehrlich, Isaac; Shin, Jong Kook; Yin, Yong - 2011
By allowing for imperfectly informed markets and the role of private information, we offer new insights about observed deviations of portfolio concentrations in domestic relative to foreign risky assets, or home bias, from what standard finance models predict. Our model ascribes the bias to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286893