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Lock-in effects of road expansion on CO2 emissions : results from a core-periphery model of Beijing
Anas, Alex - 2009
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Endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of China's pollution levy system
Wang, Hua; Wheeler, David - 2000
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Magical transition? : intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in rural China: 1988 - 2002
Emran, Shahe; Sun, Yan - 2015
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Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy : evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Jiang, Yajing; … - 2020
farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Fathers' nonfarm occupation and education were complementary in determining a …
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Diasporas and outsourcing : evidence from oDesk and India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; Stanton, Christopher - 2013
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Job creation and demand for skills in Kosovo : what can we learn from job portal data?
Brancatelli, Calogero; Marguerie, Alicia; Brodmann, Stefanie - 2020
In Kosovo, employers report significant skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation. To understand the labor market dynamics and employer needs in real time, this paper analyzes the content of job postings using data from major online job portals from 2018. The findings show that...
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Digital platforms and the demand for international tourism services
López Córdova, J. Ernesto - 2020
Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange and employment across developing economies. A scant literature has explored the relationship between tourism and the advent of the internet. This paper contributes to the tourism-trade literature and studies the empirical relationship between...
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Reflections of employers' gender preferences in job ads in India : an analysis of online job portal data
Chowdhury, Afra; Areias, Ana; Imaizumi, Saori; Nomura, … - 2018
Using online job portal data and probabilistic regression estimations, the paper investigates the explicit gender bias and salary gap in the Indian job market, reflected in more than 800,000 job recruitment advertisements. Exploring formal and informal sector occupations, the study finds high...
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Asymmetric information on noncognitive skills in the Indian labor market : an experiment in online job portal
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Nomura, Shinsaku; Imaizumi, Saori; … - 2018
This paper examines the impact of noncognitive (socio-emotional) skills on job market outcomes, using a randomized control trial implemented in an online job portal in India. Job seekers who registered in the portal were asked to take a Big-Five type personality test and, for a random subsample...
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Labor market analysis using big data : the case of a Pakistani online job portal
Matsuda, Norihiko; Ahmed, Tutan; Nomura, Shinsaku - 2019
Facing a youth bulge-a large influx of a young labor force-the Pakistani economy needs to create more jobs by taking advantage of this relatively well-educated young labor force. Yet, the educated young labor force suffers a higher unemployment rate, and there is a concern that the current...
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