This paper investigates the impact of birth spacing on female labor market participation in urban China. Employing household panel surveys between 1989 and 2011 and exploiting variations in time intervals between the first and second child, we find that spacing births at longer intervals...

Driving restrictions are adopted by metropolitans worldwide to curb traffic congestion and vehicle emission. This paper investigates the effect of plated-based driving restrictions in Guangzhou city, China, where drivers with nonlocal vehicles are allowed to flexibly select restriction periods...

Clan-ähnliche Netzwerke von Industrieunternehmen beeinflussen und erleichtern das Betriebsgeschehen. Es empfiehlt sich, auch in mit Auslandskapital finanzierten Unternehmen, auf historisch gewachsenes kulturelles Verhalten Rücksicht zu nehmen. Beispiele "Guanxi", "Mianzi" und "Renqing"....