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The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement
Belley, Philippe - 2007
This paper uses data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohorts (NLSY79 and NLSY97) to estimate changes in the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment for youth in their late teens during the early 1980s and early 2000s. Cognitive ability plays an...
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The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires : Human Capital in China
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2019
detected by high-resolution satellites in China during 2005 to 2011, this paper investigates the impacts of fires on cognitive …
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Going Green in China : Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
Fan, Haichao - 2019
This paper examines the effect of stringent environmental regulations on firms' environmental practices, economic performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim of the Chinese 11th Five-Year Plan. Using a difference-in-differences...
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Combating Cross-Border Externalities
Shiyi, Chen; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Wang, Huanhuan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
(ECI) in China, which establishes side payments between upstream and downstream provinces along the same river. The program …
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