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Analyzing data from a unique survey of managers of Chinese private firms, we investigate how family ties with firm heads affect managerial compensation and job assignment. We find that family managers earn higher salaries and receive more bonuses, hold higher positions, and are given more...
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largest online platforms in China. Our data reveals that, due to the effects of the pandemic both in China and abroad, the … China by 11.7%. We also find that Chinese firms most exposed to international trade outperformed other firms at the …
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education and its labor market implications in China, a country that produces one in every five college graduates in the world …. College admission in China is governed by a single exam--the national college entrance exam, and the government sets admission …
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This paper estimates the effects of maternal malnutrition exploiting the 1959-1961 Chinese famine as a natural experiment. In the 1% sample of the 2000 Chinese Census, we find that fetal exposure to acute maternal malnutrition had compromised a range of socioeconomic outcomes, including:...
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admissions data for 1.8 million individuals with the universe of firm registration records in China. Within a college, we find …
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accounted for roughly half of the increase in sex ratios in rural China from 1978-86, or about 1 million missing girls …
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China's emerging labor market was buffeted by changes in demand and supply and institutional changes in the last two … entered the job market under more or less favorable conditions. On this dimension, China's labor market seems more flexible … than those in other countries. Three related factors may explain this pattern: (1) the rapid growth of China's economy; (2 …
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the staggered rollout of English listening tests in China's high-stakes National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) affected the …
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