Many studies have confirmed that the separation of parents and children has a negative impact on children's growth. Although compulsory-education barriers for migrants' children have gradually disappeared in China, many families who migrate to cities have to leave their school-age children in...

In this study, using the multinomial logit model, we investigate what factors influence farmers. choices between the alternatives of agricultural work, nonagricultural work, temporary migration, and permanent migration.We find that improving education can help local areas retain their surplus...

This paper applies Within3SLS to estimate simultaneous equations for panel data of Japanese manufacturing firms to investigate the relationship between investment and fund raising. A negative interrelationship between current leverage and investment is detected.

Uncertainty induced by the political environment affects investment risk, and thus affects investment decisions, which have a close relationship with economic development. This paper investigates the economic cost of political instability using the case study of the tense relationship...

Based on methods for evaluating the overall planning and implementation of land use of domestic scholars, a comprehensive and highly-operable index system and evaluating method for land use planning multi-type implementation has been established through selecting multi-type evaluating indicators...

This paper examines the effects of two enforcement policies and a minimum wage policy in controlling illegal immigration and improving welfare when capital is immobile. The model highlights the importance of the role of risk preference by considering various attitudes to risk held by illegal...

This paper examines the effects of two enforcement policies and a minimum wage policy in controlling illegal immigration and improving welfare when capital is immobile. The model highlights the importance of the role of risk preference by considering various attitudes to risk held by illegal...

This paper applies n-person cooperative game theory to analyze the efficient cost allocation problem of a three communities contructing a common sewage system.

After tremendous growth of wind power generation capacity in recent years, China now has 44.7 GW of wind-derived power. Despite the recent growth rates and promises of a bright future, two important issues - the capability of the grid infrastructure and the availability of backup systems - must...

Understanding of current distributions in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is crucial for designing cell components such as the flow field plates and the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). In this study, the spatial current density distributions in a single PEMFC with three...