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Heavy work investment from the perspective of cultural factors and outcomes by types of investors
Butnaru, Rodica Cristina; Anichiti, Alexandru; Butnaru, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 22 (2020) 14, pp. 1159-1181
This paper aims to analyse the concept of Heavy Work Investment (HWI) by studying the factors determining this phenomenon, as well as its outcomes (both negative and positive). According to the European Directive of 1993, Heavy Work Investment occurs when an individual works more than 48 hours...
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The Impact of FDI on Child Labor : Insights from an Empirical Analysis of Sectoral FDI Data and Case Studies
Doytch, Nadia K. - 2013
Not all FDI are alike as far as their impact on various dimensions of human development is concerned. This paper focuses, in particular, on child labor and it undertakes a cross-country empirical analysis of this issue, using data on 100 countries spanning the period 1990-2009. Unlike earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079269
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The effects of ownership on labor standards in China : a comparison of foreign multinationals and indigenous firms
Li, Weihao; Chen, Ying; Lamare, J. Ryan - In: Advances in industrial and labor relations 25 (2020), pp. 91-117
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Min Qiang Zhao - In: Journal of development economics 92 (2010) 2, pp. 215-231
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Is there a nonlinear relationship between economic growth and inequality? : theory and lessons from ASEAN, People Republic of China and India
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015
(economic growth). Our findings for the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People Republic of China and India (ACI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531112
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Economic Performance of Human Capital in Post-Reform China
Li, Kui-Wai - 2015
Provincial data are used to examine the economic performance of China's human capital, adjusted by mortality and … interprovincial migration figures. The perpetual-inventory approach is used to compile China's human capital, which is further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012049
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Growing Against the Background of Colonization? Chinese Labor Market and FDI in a Historical Perspective
Wang, Hao - 2018
This article investigates how the legacy of colonization shapes the impact of inward FDI on employment in the Chinese labor market. The analysis utilizes provincial panel on overall employment and employment in the service sector during 2006-15. We find that inward FDI significantly promotes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917713
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M. - 2015
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … policy to reduce regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750404
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Foreign direct investment and wage inequality : evidence from the People's Republic of China
Chen, Cen; Zhao, Hongmei; Zhou, Yunbo - 2017
empirical results show that the FDI has significant effects on the wage gap in the People's Republic of China (PRC) during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646984
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Growing against the background of colonization? : Chinese labor market and FDI in a historical perspective
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Tian, Yunhua - 2018
This article investigates how the legacy of colonization shapes the impact of inward FDI on employment in the Chinese labor market. The analysis utilizes provincial panel on overall employment and employment in the service sector during 2006-15. We find that inward FDI significantly promotes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863590