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Parental Education and Child Health : Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan

Chou, Shin-Yi - 2010

This paper exploits a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of parental education on child health in Taiwan …

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Health Information and Subjective Survival Probability : Evidence from Taiwan

Liu, Jin‐Tan - 2010

learning model. Using two-period panel-structured survey data from Taiwan, we find that subjective probabilities of living to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760427

Population Aging and Intergenerational Transfers : Introducing Age into National Accounts

Mason, Andrew W. - 2010

development of each generation of youth depends on the resources that it receives from productive members of society for health … and time at the aggregate level. It encompasses reallocations achieved through capital accumulation and transfers … methodology and presents preliminary results emphasizing economic support systems in Taiwan and the United States. As the two …

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The Complementary Role of Exports and R&D Investments as Sources of Productivity Growth

Aw, Bee Yan - 2010

This paper examines two potential channels of knowledge acquisition that underlie firm productivity growth in the Taiwanese electronics industry: participation in the export market and investments in Ramp;D and/or worker training. We focus on the argument that a firm's own investments in Ramp;D...

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Relative Returns on Equities in Pacific Basin Countries

Engel, Charles M. - 2010

We examine the factors that determine the differences in ex ante returns on equities in eleven Pacific Basin countries. Our concern is whether real return differentials are primarily caused by nominal return differentials or expected changes in real exchange rates. We find that nominal return...

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R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics

Aw, Bee Yan - 2014

A positive correlation between productivity and export market participation has been well documented in producer micro data. Recent empirical studies and theoretical analyses have emphasized that this may reflect the producer's other investment activities, particularly investments in Ramp;D or...

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COVID-19 and the Demand for Online Food Shopping Services : Empirical Evidence from Taiwan

Chang, Hung-Hao - 2020

largest agri-food e-commerce platform in Taiwan. We find that an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 increased sales by 5 … coverage and online content. Because Taiwan did not impose a stay-at-home order, the demand for online food shopping may be …

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The Effect of Superstition on Health : Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost Month

Halla, Martin - 2019

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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The Impact of Family Composition on Educational Achievement

Chen, Stacey - 2016

Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children until a boy is born, and to concentrate investment in boys for a given number of children (sibsize). Thus, having a brother may affect child education in two ways: an indirect effect by keeping sibsize lower and a direct rivalry effect...

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Is the 'Quarter of Birth' Endogenous? Evidence from One Million Siblings in Taiwan

Fan, Elliott - 2014

high-SES mothers in Taiwan. Our findings imply that the endogeneity of QOB is of less concern in the case of Taiwan …

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