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Public wash programs, long-run child development, and intergenerational mobility : new evidence from rural People's Republic of China

Wang, Dongqin; Zou, Eddy Weijian - 2023

Using individual-level longitudinal data from 1989 to 2015, we examine the long-run effects of nationwide water plant construction and household-level toilet subsidy programs in rural People's Republic of China (PRC) on children's education, health, and nutrition. We exploit the differential...

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Demographic dividend, digital innovation, and economic growth : Bangladesh experience

Zaman, Kazi Arif Uz; Sarker, Tapan - 2021

This study aims to understand the linkages between demographic dividends, digital innovation, and economic growth … demographic transition to achieve faster economic growth while fostering digitization and technological innovation. Lessons …

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Top management quality, corporate finance, and corporate innovation

Chemmanur, Thomas J.; Simonyan, Karen - 2017

its relation to various aspects of corporate financial policies and corporate innovation, and draw policy implications for … enhancing corporate innovation. First, we discuss how management quality has been measured in the recent empirical literature … investment policies, and on corporate innovation. Third, we consider the recent empirical literature on the relationship between …

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Socioeconomic inequity in excessive weight in Indonesia

Aizawa, Toshiaki; Helble, Matthias - 2016

Exploiting the Indonesian Family Life Survey, this paper studies the transition of socioeconomic related disparity of excess weight, including overweight and obesity, from 1993 to 2014. First, we show that the proportions of overweight and obese people in Indonesia increased rapidly during the...

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Impacts of COVID-19 on households in CAREC countries

Azhgaliyeva, Dina; Mishra, Ranjeeta; Trinh Quang Long; … - 2022

The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak have heavily affected CAREC member countries, which include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The COVID-19 crisis and the...

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Impacts of Covid-19 on households in ASEAN countries and their implications for human capital development : medium-run impacts and the role of government support

Morgan, Peter J.; Long Quang Trinh; Kim, Kunhyui - 2022

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting falls in demand due both to uncertainty and policy interventions such as lockdowns, "social distancing," and travel restrictions are having a severe impact on Asian economies and hence on Asian households. These negative impacts come through a...

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Household energy consumption behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mongolia

Azhgaliyeva, Dina; Mishra, Ranjeeta; Karymshakov, Kamalbek - 2021

This investigation examines the impact of COVID-19 on households in Mongolia, particularly the choice of fuel for heating and cooking and awareness about harmful effects of indoor pollution due to the combustion of solid fuels for heating and cooking. This study uses publicly available MICS Plus...

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Education, globalization, and income inequality in Asia

Park, Kang Hoon - 2017

This study considers how education and globalization affect income inequality in Asia, with unbalanced panel data. The evidence supports the validity of Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis for the connection between income level and income inequality. However, when more variables are integrated into...

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The impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth inequality in Japan and the United States

Niimi, Yoko; Horioka, Charles - 2017

To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper uses data for Japan and the United States to examine whether individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are more likely to leave bequests to their children than...

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Do borrowing constraints matter for intergenerational educational mobility? : evidence from Japan

Niimi, Yoko - 2018

This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment using data on Japan. By exploiting unique information on whether children have ever given up schooling for financial reasons and, if they have, which level of schooling they have forgone, it attempts to assess the...

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