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Institute for the Study of Labour(IZA)
IZA is a private, independent research institute, which conducts nationally and internationally oriented labor market research. It is closely associated with the Economics Department of the University of Bonn, Germany.
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Website: http://www.iza.org
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Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Characteristics in Rural China
This paper evaluates the parental response to non-cognitive variation across siblings in rural Gansu province, China, employing a household fixed effects specification; the non-cognitive measures of i...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Jessica Leight | Published On 01 Jun 2018
Social Interactions and Stigmatized Behavior: “Donating” Blood Plasma in Rural China
Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma. Empirical studies on stigmatized behavior are rare, largely due to the form...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Xi Chen | Published On 01 Mar 2018
Cities and Entrepreneurs over Time: Like a Horse and Carriage?
This paper explores the co-evolution of entrepreneurship and cities. First, it provides a stylized model of development wherein the rise of cities (urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of en...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Wim Naudé | Published On 01 Dec 2017
Mechanics of Replacing Benefit Systems with a Basic Income: Comparative Results from a Microsimulation Approach
Recent debates of basic income (BI) proposals shine a useful spotlight on the challenges that traditional forms of income support are increasingly facing, and highlight gaps in social provisions that...
Section:Discussion Papers
by James Browne | Published On 01 Dec 2017
Urban Consumption Inequality in China, 1995–2013
The paper uses 1995, 2002 and 2013 CHIP data to investigate the urban household consumption expenditure inequality. The overall inequality of urban household consumption expenditure measured by Gini c...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Qingjie Xia | Published On 01 Nov 2017
Severe Air Pollution and School Absences: Longitudinal Data on Expatriates in North China
The paper uses a six-year panel of 6,500 students at three international schools in a major city in north China to estimate how fluctuation in ambient PM2.5 over the preceding fortnight impacts daily...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Haoming Liu | Published On 01 Nov 2017
Does Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from Indonesia’s Social Security Card
In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in history, in an attempt to further alleviate poverty and as a complement to the Social Protection Card (KP...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Achmad Tohari | Published On 01 Nov 2017
Inequality, Good Governance and Endemic Corruption
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? The paper examines a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a “culture of...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Gil S. Epstein | Published On 01 Nov 2017
Digital Challenges for the Welfare State
Digitalization is the buzzword under which profound changes of the labor market can be summarized. Next to automation, i.e., the increasing use of robots, “intelligent” machines and more comprehensive...
Section:Policy Papers/Policy Briefs
by Werner Eichhorst | Published On 01 Nov 2017
The Determinants of Virtue: Modelling Changes in the CSR Ratings of Chinese Firms
Most empirical studies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) use cross-sectional data or case studies, making causality hard to establish. The paper overcomes this limitation by using panel data on...
Section:Discussion Papers
by Shuangqi Wu | Published On 01 Nov 2017
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