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methodology and presents preliminary results emphasizing economic support systems in Taiwan and the United States. As the two …
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Can part of Africa's current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore this question, I use data from shipping records and historical documents reporting slave ethnicities to construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country during Africa's slave trades....
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Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985-2000. Results differ depending on the variation used and the estimation method. Between estimates that exploit cross-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS...
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-year increase in the schooling of either parent raises the probability that the child attends one of the top six colleges in Taiwan …
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that despite many outward similarities, two of the most successful Southeast Asian economies, Taiwan and South Korea … Taiwan and identify a number of systematic differences in industry structure between the two countries. Our empirical … producers. These patterns are consistent with strong competitive pressures in Taiwan that lead to market selection based on …
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This paper examines issues of household saving, growth. and aging in Taiwan. The Taiwanese patterns of high income …
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's practice. We assess the extent of moral hazard and economies of scope using data from Taiwan, which introduced a "separating …
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This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that …
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break for Taiwan. They also differ from those results of Jwa (1994) indicating two temporary openings for Korea. Greater …
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Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health outcomes. We study the case of the Taiwanese Ghost Month. During this period, which is believed to increase the likelihood of bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in...
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