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Negative human capital externalities in well-being : evidence from Chinese cities
Guo, Qi; Qian, Haifeng - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 55 (2021) 6, pp. 1046-1058
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The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation in Brazil
de Carvalho Filho, Irineu - 2007
This paper uses Engel curves to estimate real income growth in Brazil. The estimated per capita household real income growth in metropolitan areas during 1987-2002 is about 4½ percent per year, well above the quot;headlinequot; growth of 1½ percent obtained by deflating nominal incomes by the...
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Multilevel determinants of childhood undernutrition among low-income urban and rural households in the Philippines
Siy Van, Vanessa T.; Sales, Zarah G.; Gordoncillo, … - 2021
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Food inflation, poverty, and urbanization
Headey, Derek; Hirvonen, Kalle - 2022
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Analysis of the determinants of income and income gap between urban and rural China
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - 2013
This paper studies on the determinants of income and urban-rural income gap to shed light on the problem of urban-rural income inequality in China. OLS, conditional quantile regression and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition methods are used to analyze four waves of the China Health and Nutrition...
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Analysis of the Determinants of Income and Income Gap between Urban and Rural China
Su, Biwei - 2014
This paper studies on the determinants of income and urban-rural income gap to shed light on the problem of urban-rural income inequality in China. OLS, conditional quantile regression and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition methods are used to analyze four waves of the China Health and Nutrition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064627
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Income Equality Across Cities
Choi, Jung Hyun - 2016
This paper investigates why the level of income inequality differs across U.S. cities and why some cities experience faster increases in the level of inequality than others. The rising level of income inequality in the US has received growing attention from both researchers and policy makers....
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Racial Disparities in the Health Effects From Air Pollution : Evidence From Ports
Gillingham, Kenneth; Huang, Pei - 2021
This study examines the uneven effects of air pollution from maritime ports on physical and mental health across racial groups. We exploit quasi-random variation in vessels in port from weather events far out in the ocean to estimate how port traffic influences air pollution and human health. We...
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Life Satisfaction in Urban China : Components and Determinants
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - 2021
Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in other countries. These include, inter alia, unemployment,...
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Housing Policies in China: Issues and Options
Zenou, Yves - 2011
address housing policy issues in China. One of the main concerns in Chinese cities is the raise of poverty mainly by illegal … migrants (who are Chinese rural residents) living in urban villages. We propose two steps to fight against poverty in Chinese … case, to fight against poverty, one can either implement place-targeted policies (like the enterprise zone programs in the …
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