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Is too much a good thing? : the non-linear relationship between intellectual capital and financial competitiveness in the Chinese automotive industry
Xu, Jian; Liu, Feng; Xie, Jingci - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 4, pp. 773-796
the modified Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (MVAIC) model, and FC is measured through a comprehensive index system …
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The (declining) role of households in sustaining China's economy: Structural path analysis for 1997 - 2007
Yang, Ling; Thurlow, James; Lahr, Michael L. - 2012
Current explanations for private consumption's diminished role in China focus on the expansion of exports and investments. Using structural path analysis, we find additional contributing factors. First, growth patterns during 1997-2007 favoured sectors with low production multipliers. Secondly,...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653352
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Forced off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China
Ma, Shuang; Mu, Ren - 2017
Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate revenue. This study investigates the impacts of land requisition on farmers' decisions of labor allocation between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. We argue that,...
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Altruism, favoritism, and guilt in the allocation of family resources: Sophie's choice in Mao's mass send down movement
Li, Hongbin; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2008
affecting behavior within families. Based on a model depicting the choices of the allocation of parental time and transfers to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264883
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How Transition Paths Differ : Enterprise Performance in Russia and China
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Estrin, Saul - 2005
We use enterprise data to analyse and contrast the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs, but not correlated with ownership or institutional factors. However, in...
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China's Sex Ratio and Crime: Behavioral Change or Financial Necessity?
Cameron, Lisa A.; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Dandan - 2016
This paper uses survey and experimental data from prison inmates and comparable non-inmates to examine the drivers of rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex-ratios are associated with greater risk-taking and...
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Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Jiang, Yajing; … - 2020
This paper extends the Becker-Tomes model of intergenerational educational mobility to a rural economy characterized by … farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a …. Evidence from supplementary data on economic mechanisms suggests that the model provides plausible explanations for the …
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Does Being "Left–Behind" in Childhood Lead To Criminality in Adulthood? Evidence from Data on Rural-Urban Migrants and Prison Inmates in China
Cameron, Lisa A.; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Dandan - 2021
Large scale rural-to-urban migration and China's household registration system have resulted in about 61 million children being left-behind in rural villages when their parents migrate to the cities. This paper uses survey and experimental data from male rural-urban migrants – prison inmates...
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What the Mean Measures of Mobility Miss: Learning About Intergenerational Mobility from Conditional Variance
Ahsan, Md. Nazmul; Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; … - 2022
A large literature on intergenerational mobility focuses on the conditional mean of children's economic outcomes to understand the role of family background, but ignores the information contained in conditional variance. Using exceptionally rich data free of coresidency bias, we provide evidence...
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