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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212567
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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China’s Great Famine on adult health and labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761685
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Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s
Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457141
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Exploring the Impact of Interrupted Education on Earnings: The Educational Cost of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution many schools stopped normal operation for a long time, senior high schools stopped student recruitment for up to 6 years, and universities stopped recruitment for an even longer period. Such large scale school interruptions significantly reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703028
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The Gender Education Gap in China: The Power of Water
Maimaiti, Yasheng; Siebert, W. Stanley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
household has poor access to water. For testing we use data from rural villages in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703826