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This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper explains why...
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randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …
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Using rural household panel data from three Chinese provinces, this paper identifies determinants of long-term poverty and tests the duration dependence on the probability to leave poverty. Special emphasis is given to the selection of the poverty line and inter-regional differences across...
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a randomized experiment evaluating the effects of a home-based parenting program delivered by cadres in China's Family …
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especially in the context of developing countries such as China where livestock is becoming more important in the domestic … agricultural economy. We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) for four major livestock products in China employing the … technical innovation in China's livestock sector, technical efficiency improvement has been relatively slow. …
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We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
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We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479027
Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …
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aus. China reduzierte seit Beginn der ökonomischen Reformen Ende der 1970er Jahre in erheblichem Maße die Zahl der Armen …
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reducing worldwide poverty achieved in to date, however, makes rather sobering reading. China has considerably reduced the … poverty. This paper investigates the issue whether poverty in China's rural areas is rather of a chronic or temporary nature … aus. China reduzierte seit Beginn der ökonomischen Reformen Ende der 1970er Jahre in erheblichem Maße die Zahl der Armen …
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