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The gender divide in urban China: Singlehood and assortative mating by age and education

Qian, Yue; Qian, Zhenchao - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 45, pp. 1337-1364

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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …

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The renminbi as an additional international reserve currency?

Liu, MIchael; Moshirian, Fariborz - In: Journal of Financial Perspectives 2 (2014) 3, pp. 21-31

economies spilled over into the real economy, contributing to significant economic slowdown. A sound international monetary … usage of the yuan. Finally, it examines the prerequisites of an international currency, and compares China’s structural …

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An Entropy-Perspective Study on the Sustainable Development Potential of Tourism Destination Ecosystem in Dunhuang, China

Feng, Huihui; Chen, Xingpeng; Heck, Peter; Miao, Hong - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 8980-9006

This paper analyzed the characteristic of the tourism destination ecosystem from perspective of entropy in Dunhuang City. Given these circumstances, an evaluation index system that considers the potential of sustainable development was formed based on dissipative structure and entropy change for...

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Four pillars of job applicant screening in China

HLASNY, Vladimir - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 2014

. Categorization of a regulatory motive for applicant sorting in China is one contribution of this study. Statistical screening is …

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Capital Freedom, Financial Development and Provincial Economic Growth in China

Söderlund, Bengt; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - Ratioinstitutet - 2014

For more than three decades, China has managed to combine rapid economic growth with a heavily regulated financial … sector. The discrepancy between economic and financial development has raised the question of whether China might be an … provincial level in China using a new set of measures of capital freedom and financial development. The results indicate that …

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No. 233 Is China Different? A Meta-Analysis of the Growth-enhancing Effect from R&D Spending in China.

Ljungwall, Christer; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - Ratioinstitutet - 2014

Abstract: In this paper we examine whether China has benefited more from spending on R&D than other countries by …. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D spending in China has been significantly weaker than that of … in China. …

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Innovations in the Video Game Industry: Changing Global Markets

PRATO, Giuditta DE; FEIJÓO, Claudio; SIMON, Jean-Paul - In: Communications & Strategies 1 (2014) 94, pp. 17-38

The paper examines the video game industry in the perspective of being the paradigm of innovation in digital media and content. In particular, it analyses the response to two main factors that have impacted this industry over the last decade. First, it tracks the evolution of its global market...

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Hedging effectiveness of weather index-based insurance in China

Pelka, Niels; Musshoff, Oliver; Finger, Robert - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014), pp. 212-228

Purpose – Maize production in China is exposed to pronounced yield risks, in particular weather risk, which is one of … Northern Plains of China. Design/methodology/approach – Data are based on the Statistical Yearbook of China and the Chinese …

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Evolution of the Chinese rural-urban migrant labor market from 2002 to 2007

Qu, Zhaopeng Frank; Zhao, Zhong - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014), pp. 316-334

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamic change of the migrant labor market in China from 2002 to …

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