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Travel Behavior, Energy Use, and Carbon Emissions : Evidence from Shenzhen, China
Zhang, Shengyuan - 2016
In many developing and emerging economies, rapid income growth and changing demographics is leading to heightened demand for energy-intensive urban transportation. This study provides a comprehensive empirical framework for analyzing how income, age, and education influence individual energy use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989048
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Benefiting from disaster? : public and private responses to the Wenchuan earthquake
Park, Albert; Wang, Sangui - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609262
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Benefiting from disaster? : public and private responses to the Wenchuan earthquake
Park, Albert; Wang, Sangui - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 94 (2017), pp. 38-50
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761346
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Benefiting from Disaster? : Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake
Park, Albert - 2016
We provide the first household survey-based evidence on the impact of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake on the welfare of rural households. Asset and income losses were substantial, especially in seriously affected areas. Our main finding is that there was an overwhelming government response to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989051
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An Emerging Crisis : The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Having a Powerful Effect on Emerging Markets
Park, Albert - 2020
cases of COVID-19 after the US were Brazil, India, Russia, and South Africa, which along with China, where the pandemic … have made important contributions to global growth, especially China. Their struggles with COVID-19 therefore threaten to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825291
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Learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from household surveys in Southeast Asia
Maddawin, Angelica; Morgan, Peter J.; Park, Albert; … - 2024
We study children's access to remote learning when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and their parents' perceptions about learning progress in seven Southeast Asian countries. This is the first regional analysis to systematically document students' access to remote learning based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516170
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212567
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
Gallagher, Mary; Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …
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Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms
Cai, Hongbin; Li, Hongbin; Park, Albert; Zhou, Li-An - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 3, pp. 850-867
Analyzing data from a unique survey of managers of Chinese private firms, we investigate how family ties with firm heads affect managerial compensation and job assignment. We find that family managers earn higher salaries and receive more bonuses, hold higher positions, and are given more...
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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot
Strauss, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Park, Albert; Shen, Yan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611319