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In this project, we employ data from the Chinese population censuses of 1982, 1990, and 2000 to examine reform-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Very marked patterns of change in...
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Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this … between institutionally-differentiated groups of workers in China’s urban labor markets. An interesting hierarchy of returns …
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failing health drives retirement. We exploit the panel dimension of the 1991-93-97 waves of the China Health and Nutrition …
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Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational … employ data from the three most recent population censuses of China to explore differences in the labor force participation … rates of a number of China’s important ethnic groups. We estimate urban labor force participation rates using probit …
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The reform of China's enterprise system increasingly reflects the outcome of China's emerging property rights market … efficient ownership arrangements. We review the extent to which China's reforms have established the conditions for an effective … diversity of China's industrial economy will motivate a continuation of decentralized reform initiatives. To support this …
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Exploiting a unique data set containing transactions data from a panel of 769 Chinese state-owned enterprises between 1980 and 1989, this paper tests microeconomic implications of a pervasive form of corruption --official diversion of under-priced, in-plan goods to the market. Corruption has the...
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In this paper, we use a unique dataset covering joint ventures in two provinces of China, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to test … perspective of foreign firms seeking to invest in China. Applying the prevailing bargaining framework in studies on ownership …
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enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China …
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Chinese banks suffer from serious financial fragility manifested by high proportions of non-performing loans and low capital-adequacy ratios. A key policy introduced recently by the Chinese government to reduce financial risks is the establishment of four asset management companies (AMCs) for...
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groups. In this paper the focus is China’s efforts to build a world-class aircraft manufacturing industry. In the first half … largely discounted. Nowadays, as China strives to bear the ARJ-21 project to execution and even considers entering the market …
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