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There are significant income and nonincome development gaps around the world. Closing these gaps will require not only increasing and sustaining economic growth in low-income regions, but also policies that close nonincome development gaps directly. Governments need to support private investment...
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China, like other middle income countries, is facing the challenges of the next stage of development as its leaders … China is facing in the transition from middle to high income: the management of inequality. In particular, we explore the … of its population. To meet this goal, we describe two challenges that China faces in the light of rising wage rates and …
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Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we examine how individual wages change in line with … education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an instrumental variables fixed effects model where share of college graduates … China and targeting it more toward poorly educated workers. …
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In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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sector to the non-state sector in urban China as a quasi-experiment to analyze the intergenerational impact of social … expenditure ; gender difference ; urban, China …
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In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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sector to the non-state sector in urban China as a quasi-experiment to analyze the intergenerational impact of social …
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formation in China in the 1990s. Consistently with a simple model of migration-oriented investment and disinvestment in higher … reinforces prospects of development in China. We also find that changes in relative labor supply resulted from net outflow …
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Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0-6 in India and its association with education and higher prosperity. GB is pervasive and has grown over time with higher prosperity and resultant demographic transition and enhanced education. The...
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