The effects of FDI Liberalization on structural transformation and demographic change: Evidence from China
How does foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization shape structural transformation and demographic change in developing countries?
How does foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization shape structural transformation and demographic change in developing countries?
This paper offers one of the first evidence in a developing country context that transitory exposure to high temperatures may disrupt low-stakes cognitive activities across a range of age cohorts.
Increasing women's empowerment is a key objective of many development programs, both as a principal goal and as a path to economic development.
This paper investigates the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme temperatures on birth outcomes – specifically, the log of birth weight and an indicator for low birth weight – using a nationally representative dataset in rural China.
This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) – life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health.
In low-income countries, primary school students often fall far below grade level and primary dropout rates remain high. Further, in some countries, educators encourage their weaker students to drop out before reaching the end of primary school.
Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma.