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This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the …
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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/10012519333
This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the …
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This paper estimates the long run impact of famine on survivors in the context of China's Great Famine. To address …
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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/10014347227
Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
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Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
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The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …
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We use a unique data of representative migrants and urban local workers in 15 Chinese cities to investigate entrepreneurship and credit constraints under labour market discrimination. We divide self employed into prefer to be self-employed and prefer to have a salaried job but cannot find one;...
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Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the...
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