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The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity : evidence from China
Deschênes, Olivier; Wang, Huixia; Wang, Si; Zhang, Peng - 2019
We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001546
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Economic opportunities and gender equity : the migration and education decisions of young women from rural China
Xing, Chunbing; Sun, Yan - 2019
We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003780
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The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China
Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2019
satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. …
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Do pension benefits accelerate cognitive decline? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment to test whether active choice framing impacts US Army service members' decision to transfer benefits. Individuals who received email messages framing GI Bill use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060578
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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
response to changes in their parents' income. Exploiting a unique policy intervention in China, we examine using a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062263
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Extreme weather and long-term health : evidence from two millennia of Chinese elites
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Li, Ben G. - 2019
Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an environment where individuals have no access to modern technology. By combining life course data on 5,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120615
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Depression in the house : the effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use in China
Liu, Yan; Chen, Xi; Yan, Zhijun - 2019
solid fuel on depressive symptoms using a nationally representative dataset of middle-aged and older population in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120663
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Accounting for differences in female labor force participation between China and India
Azam, Mehtabul; Han, Luyi - 2019
Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122110
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Wages, innovation, and employment in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William; Wang, Xiaojun; … - 2017
in China. Our empirical approach implements concepts developed in Acemoglu (2010) and complements the approaches … change has influenced productivity growth in China, at least in the decade of the 1990s, but perhaps less so or not at all …
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Does college location affect the location choice of new college graduates? : evidence from China
Huang, Mian; Xing, Chunbing; Xiaoyong, Cui - 2019
Based on a representative survey of new college graduates in China, we examine the impact of college location on their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034255