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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212567
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
Gallagher, Mary; Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212761
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Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms
Cai, Hongbin; Li, Hongbin; Park, Albert; Zhou, Li-An - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 3, pp. 850-867
Analyzing data from a unique survey of managers of Chinese private firms, we investigate how family ties with firm heads affect managerial compensation and job assignment. We find that family managers earn higher salaries and receive more bonuses, hold higher positions, and are given more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009930
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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot
Strauss, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Park, Albert; Shen, Yan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611319
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Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and the Employment and Wages of Young Adults in Rural China
Glewwe, Paul; Huang, Qiuqiong; Park, Albert - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
noncognitive skills in rural China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021053
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Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s
Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365117
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Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools
Karachiwalla, Naureen; Park, Albert - 2017
We provide evidence that promotion incentives influence the effort of public employees by studying China's system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653275
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Migration and urban poverty and inequality in China
Park, Albert; Wang, Dewen - 2010
influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269809
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Explaining rising returns to education in urban China in the 1990s
Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - 2010
the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269848
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Health outcomes and socio-economic status among the elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS pilot
Srauss, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Park, Albert; Shen, Yan; … - 2010
We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274567