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We study a novel dataset compiled from archival records, which includes information on men's wages, union status, educational attainment, work history, and other background variables for several cities circa 1950. Such data are extremely rare for the early post-war period when U.S. unions were...
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How can workers have a voice in the face of declining unionization and rising nontraditional career paths? To demonstrate how a new labor market institution can emerge, I develop a model of fundraising by a workers' organization in which the founder must allocate resources between the provision...
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, a level that China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that growth slowdowns …
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To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using …
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sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …
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, China's stimulus boosted real GDP growth from an annualized 6.2% in the first quarter of 2009 trough to 11.9% in the first … speed and efficacy of China's stimulus derives from state control over its banking system and corporate sector. Beijing …, fueling a real estate bubble; and that China's seemingly highly effective macroeconomic stimulus package may well have induced …
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This paper studies the effect that changing demographic patterns have had on the household saving rate in China. We …
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biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase …
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take this classic question to the data by measuring the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth. Our framework … the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth are small causing the real incomes of China's trading partners to …
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existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …
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