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Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China : 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gong, Xiaodong; Wang, Youjuan - 2021
Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318808
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Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data
Meng, Xin; Banerjee, Abhijit; Porzio, Tommaso; Qian, Nancy - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This study uses micro data and an overlapping generations (OLG) model to show that general equilibrium (GE) forces are critical for understanding the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. First, we document that parents perceive children as an important source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796567
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Economic transition and private-sector labor demand : evidence from urban China
Lakshmi Iyer; Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Zhao, Xiaoxue - 2013
infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229966
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Sectoral Gender Wage Differentials and Discrimination in the Transitional Chinese Economy
Liu, Pak Wai; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Junsen - 2014
China's economic reform has affected various ownership sectors to different degree. A comparison of gender wage … to examine the gender wage gap across the three sectors. It is found that privatization/marketization of the economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151757
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Can information influence the social insurance participation decision of China's rural migrants?
Giles, John; Meng, Xin; Xue, Sen; Zhao, Guochang - 2021
insurance and pension programs among China's rural-urban migrants. Among workers without a contract, the information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431351
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Can Information Influence the Social Insurance Participation Decision of China's Rural Migrants?
Giles, John; Meng, Xin; Xue, Sen; Zhao, Guochang - 2021
insurance and pension programs among China's rural-urban migrants. Among workers without a contract, the information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246901
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Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822037
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Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China : 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gong, Xiaodong; Wang, Youjuan - 2004
Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262179
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Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert; Wang, Youjuan - 2005
Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262183
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Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China: 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gong, Xiaodong; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762136