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Labor Market Discrimination against Family Responsibilities: A Correspondence Study with Policy Change in China
Haoran He, Sherry Xin Li, Yuling Han, Jan 24, 2024China shifted its controversial one-child policy (1979–2015) to a two-child policy in 2016. We take advantage of the unexpected timing of this policy change and the heterogeneities in the pre-change environment to investigate labor market discrimination against expected family responsibilities.
Employee Output Response to Stock Market Wealth Shocks
Teng Li, Wenlan Qian, Wei A. Xiong, Xin Zou, Sep 27, 2023Exploiting individual-level data linking worker performance and stock investment, we show that a 10% increase in stock investment returns is associated with a decrease in the same investor’s work output by 3.8% in the following month.
Early Childhood Exposure to Health Insurance and Adolescent Outcomes: Evidence from Rural China
Wei Huang, Hong Liu, Jul 19, 2023We examine the impact of early-life exposure to public health insurance, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), on outcomes in adolescence in rural China.
Financial Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from China
Haoyuan Ding, Shu Lin, Shujie Wu, Haichun Ye, May 08, 2024Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has enhanced the financial conditions of Chinese enterprises, particularly through the financial spillover effects generated by supply chain connections, which have helped to reduce the burden of trade credit and increase opportunities for bank financing.
“To Go Electric or to Burn Coal? A Randomized Field Experiment of Informational Nudges”
Hanming Fang, King King Li, Peiyao Shen, Feb 07, 2024We conducted a randomized field experiment of informational nudges in northern China to investigate the potential obstacles that may hinder households from adopting cleaner heating, and evaluate the effectiveness of simple SMS nudges in encouraging the transition to electric heating.
