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Consequences of Imbalanced Sex Ratios : Evidence from America's Second Generation
Angrist, Josh - 2000
A combination of changing migration patterns and US immigration restrictions acted to shift the male-female balance in many ethnic groups in the early 20th Century. I use this variation to study the consequences of changing sex ratios for the children of immigrants. Immigrant sex ratios affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470689
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The Consumption Response to Trade Shocks : Evidence from the US-China Trade War
Waugh, Michael E. - 2019
This paper provides evidence on the consumption effects of trade shocks by exploiting changes in US and Chinese trade policy between 2017 and 2018. The analysis uses a unique data set with the universe of new auto sales at the US county level, at a monthly frequency, and a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480297
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Regional Distribution and Dynamics of Human Capital in China 1985-2014 : Education, Urbanization, and Aging of the Population
Li, Haizheng - 2016
-Fraumeni human capital measurement framework and modify it to estimate provincial level human capital in China. We produce a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455774
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Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China
Bombardini, Matilde - 2016
Has the expansion in exports affected pollution and health outcomes across different prefectures in China in the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455876
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Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
Autor, David - 2016
. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising trade with China and classifying legislator ideologies by congressional voting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456043
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The Competitive Saving Motive : Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China
Wei, Shang-Jin - 2009
The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463557
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The Greenness of China : Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
Zheng, Siqi - 2009
China urbanization is associated with both increases in per-capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This paper uses … suggests that current regional economic development policies that bolster the growth of China's northeastern cities are likely … China's cities …
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Trends in Regional Inequality in China
Jian, Tianlun - 1996
convergence among the provinces of China during the period 1952-1993. We find that real income convergence of provinces in China … coastal and interior provinces, rather than increase in variance within each other. Therefore, it seems that China is now on a …
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On the Road : Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
Banerjee, Abhijit - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460763
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Mechanics of Spatial Growth
Cai, Sheng; Caliendo, Lorenzo; Parro, Fernando; Xiang, Wei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
migration on China's spatial development and aggregate growth during the 1990s and 2000s. We find that initial conditions across … and aggregate growth in China. Changes in international trade costs and mobility restrictions during the 1990s and 2000s …
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