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Explaining Trends in Adult Height in China: 1950 to 1990
Chae, Minhee; Hatton, Tim; Meng, Xin - 2021
This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597560
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China's 40 Years Demographic Dividend and Labor Supply: The Quantity Myth
Meng, Xin - 2023
China's favourable labour supply flowing from the "demographic dividend": a larger share of working age population (WAPS …). Currently, this dividend is slipping away and many in China are very concerned. Against this background I set out to examine the … contributions of various dimensions of China's changing WAPS and its impact on economic growth. I show that between 1982-2015 the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377110
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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China’s Great Famine on adult health and labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761685
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Stunting and Selection Effects of Famine: A Case Study of the Great Chinese Famine
Gørgens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Vaithianathan, Rhema - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 is puzzling, since despite the high death rates, there is no discernable diminution in height amongst the majority of cohorts who were exposed to the famine in crucial growth years. An explanation is that shorter children experienced greater mortality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761777
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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
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Rates of Return to University Education: the Regression Discontinuity Design
Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Wei, Zhichao; Zhao, Guochang - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university … average treatment effects might understate the true effects of the university expansion program introduced in China in 1999 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515762
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Rates of Return to University Education: The Regression Discontinuity Design
Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Wei, Zhichao; Zhao, Guochang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university … average treatment effects might understate the true effects of the university expansion program introduced in China in 1999 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522429
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Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
Meng, Xin; Shen, Kailing; Xue, Sen - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
In the past 20 years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350 per cent. Accompanying this unprecedented growth is a considerable increase in earnings inequality. Between 1988 and 2007 the variance of log earnings increased from 0.27 to 0.48, a 78 per cent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008485493
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Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
Meng, Xin; Shen, Kailing; Xue, Sen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In the past 20 years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350 per cent. Accompanying this unprecedented growth is a considerable increase in earnings inequality. Between 1988 and 2007 the variance of log earnings increased from 0.27 to 0.48, a 78 per cent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506076
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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?
Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - National Centre for Econometric Research (NCER) - 2008
In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population. Using a large scale household survey conducted in 2002 we find that the level of optimism about the future is particularly strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416546