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This study contributes to an important, but under-researched, topic on China by empirically examining the theory of … in the context of China’s urban labour market. …
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new-generation migrants in China's urban workforce. We present evidence to suggest that new-generation migrants are less … with aspirations rising faster than income in China's fast growing urban economy. …
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This study contributes to an important, but under-researched, topic on China by empirically examining the theory of … compensating differentials in the context of China's migrant workers. Using survey data collected from the Pearl River Delta in … Guangdong province in south China, this study applies the Firpo-Fortin-Lemieux quantile decomposition method to examine the …
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sector is also a major consumer of energy and, in particular, coal. As a result, the iron and steel sector in China is a … are substitutes. The finding that these alternative energy sources are substitutes for coal suggests that China has the …
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This paper uses data from the China Urban Labour Survey administered across 12 cities in 2005 to estimate the economic … returns to speaking standard Mandarin among internal migrants in China’s urban labour market. The paper builds on studies that …
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This paper examines the determinants of working excessive hours, defined as working in excess of 60 hours per week or for more than six consecutive days, in Chinese and Thai supply-chain factories. We use a matched employer-employee dataset collected from 15 Chinese and Thai footwear and...
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several measures of health status of elderly parents using newly available China Health and Retirement Survey data. Because …
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China are important topics to study as China comes under increasing pressure to move from a single-minded focus on energy …
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We find that taller people enjoy a higher quality of life at older ages in China. Implications are drawn for investment …
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We estimate the returns to height using data from 12 Chinese cities. We present both ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage least squares (TSLS) estimates. In the latter height is instrumented using proxies for health human capital accumulated in childhood and adolescence, which influence...
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