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Economic causes and cures of social instability in China
Knight, John B. - In: China & world economy 22 (2014) 2, pp. 5-21
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Foreign direct investment inflows and governance nexus : evidence from the United States, China, and Singapore
Kayani, Farrukh Nawaz; Gan, Christopher - In: Review of Pacific Basin financial markets and policies … 25 (2022) 4, pp. 1-18
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Relative income, network interactions and social stigma
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2010
on blood donation than community-specific inequality. …
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Status Concern and Relative Deprivation in China: Measures, Empirical Evidence, and Economic and Policy Implications
Chen, Xi - 2015
and the alarming inequality in China have made relative deprivation more and more intense for the Chinese population. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401777
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Income, income inequality and health: Evidence from China
Li, Hongbin; Zhu, Yi - 2006
-level income inequality. Although poor health and high inequality are key features of many developing countries, most of the … inverted-U association between self-reported health status and income inequality, which suggests that high inequality in a … community poses threats to health. We also find that high inequality increases the probability of health-compromising behavior …
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Trade and inequality with limited labor mobility: Theory and evidence from China
Li, Muqun; Coxhead, Ian - 2010
Does globalization increase inequality in developing countries, and if so, how? In a theoretical model of a regionally … regional growth may also raise inequality within each region. It could even reduce absolute income per capita in the less … growth rates ave increased both interregional and intraregional inequality. Moreover, growth of skills-based export …
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What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China
Ng, Sor Tho; Tey, Nai Peng; Asadullah, Niaz - 2017
This study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over) in China. We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data (n = 6530) for this paper. Logistic regression is used to analyse the effects of...
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Labor Market Adjustment to Third Party Competition: Evidence from Mexico
Robertson, Raymond; Halliday, Timothy J.; Vasireddy, Sindhu - 2018
China's exports reduce wages in importing countries, but few studies have looked at competition in third party markets. We examine labor market outcomes in Mexico's apparel and textile sectors associated with U.S. apparel and textile imports from China. Using data on U.S. imports in conjunction...
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Mitigating the adjustment costs of international trade
Akman, Sait; Brandi, Clara; Dadush, Uri; Draper, Peter; … - 2018
The evidence demonstrating that nations gain from trade is overwhelming. However, trade liberalization can cause disruption to firms and workers, and its gains and losses are spread unevenly. While many gain from trade, import surges have sometimes undermined the economic viability of whole...
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Changing trends in China's inequality: Key issues and main findings
Sicular, Terry; Li, Shi; Yue, Ximing; Sato, Hiroshi - 2017
to analyze recent trends in inequality in China. We begin with an overview of relevant economic and policy developments … in China and discuss data and measurement issues. We discuss our central estimates of national income inequality based on … various chapters in the book, we identify six key findings. First, during the period of study income inequality in China …
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