Search Results - "Feng, Shuaizhang"

Access to public schools and the education of migrant children in China by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang

“…A significant proportion of migrant children in China are not able to attend public schools for the lack of local household registration (HuKou), and turn to…”
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Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border migration by Feng, Shuaizhang, Krueger, Alan B., Oppenheimer, Michael, Schneider, Stephen H.

“…Climate change is expected to cause mass human migration, including immigration across international borders. This study quantitatively examines the linkages…”
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Labour reallocation as adaptation by Cui, Xiaomeng, Feng, Shuaizhang

“…Climate change is threatening agricultural productivity and the welfare of farmers. Increasing employment in non-farm sectors could mitigate such negative…”
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Sensitivity of self-reported noncognitive skills to survey administration conditions by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang, Heckman, James J., Kautz, Tim

“…Noncognitive skills (e.g., persistence and self-control) are typically measured using self-reported questionnaires in which respondents rate their own skills…”
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Applying statistical models to the climate–migration relationship by Feng, Shuaizhang, Oppenheimer, Michael

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Climate variability and migration in the Philippines by Bohra-Mishra, Pratikshya, Oppenheimer, Michael, Cai, Ruohong, Feng, Shuaizhang, Licker, Rachel

“…This study investigates the effects of climatic variations and extremes captured by variability in temperature, precipitation, and incidents of typhoons on…”
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Measuring inequality using censored data: a multiple-imputation approach to estimation and inference by Jenkins, Stephen P., Burkhauser, Richard V., Feng, Shuaizhang, Larrimore, Jeff

“…To measure income inequality with right-censored (top-coded) data, we propose multiple-imputation methods for estimation and inference. Censored observations…”
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Misclassification Errors and the Underestimation of the US Unemployment Rate by Feng, Shuaizhang, Hu, Yingyao

“…Using recent results in the measurement error literature, we show that the official US unemployment rate substantially underestimates the true level of…”
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Labor market dynamics in urban China and the role of the state sector by Feng, Shuaizhang, Guo, Naijia

“…This paper studies the effect of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the dynamics of the Chinese urban labor market. Using longitudinally matched monthly panel…”
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The education of migrant children in China's urban public elementary schools: Evidence from Shanghai by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang

“…The education of migrant children critically determines the level of human capital of China's future labor force. The majority of migrant children in Chinese…”
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Heterogeneous firm responses to increases in high-skilled workers: Evidence from China's college enrollment expansion by Feng, Shuaizhang, Xia, Xiaoyu

“…Over the past several decades, the returns to college education have steadily increased in many countries of the world despite an increased supply of college…”
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Quality of migrant schools in China: evidence from a longitudinal study in Shanghai by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang

“…As spaces in public schools are limited, a substantial number of migrant children living in Chinese cities but without local hukou are enrolled in private…”
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Climate variability and international migration: The importance of the agricultural linkage by Cai, Ruohong, Feng, Shuaizhang, Oppenheimer, Michael, Pytlikova, Mariola

“…While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate–migration relationship, particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change,…”
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Does crop insurance reduce pesticide usage? Evidence from China by Feng, Shuaizhang, Han, Yujie, Qiu, Huanguang

“…We test how crop insurance participation affects the intensity of pesticide use in China using data on staple crop production from eight provinces. Our…”
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ACCOUNTING FOR URBAN CHINA'S RISING INCOME INEQUALITY: THE ROLES OF LABOR MARKET, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND MARRIAGE MARKET FACTORS by Feng, Shuaizhang, Tang, Gaojie

“…This paper analyzes China's rising family income inequality since the early 1990s when the urban labor market started its transformation from a centrally…”
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Hukou Matters: The heterogeneous local labor market effects of export expansions in China by Feng, Shuaizhang, Lu, Jingliang, Shen, Leilei

“…•This paper studies the effects of export expansions between 2000 and 2015 on China's local labor markets, focusing on the heterogeneous effects for people…”
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Heterogeneous peer effects under endogenous selection: An application to local and migrant children in elementary schools in Shanghai by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang, Yang, Chao

“…This paper develops a model that allows for heterogenous contemporaneous peer effects among different types of agents who are endogenously selected into…”
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Gender differences in adolescents’ noncognitive skill development during the COVID-19 pandemic by Chen, Yuanyuan, Feng, Shuaizhang, Zhang, Jing, Zhuo, Yi

“…Numerous studies show adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ cognitive skill development, while much less is known about the impact on their…”
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Shorter can be better: Balancing length and predictive power when measuring noncognitive skills to predict academic outcomes by Feng, Shuaizhang, Gan, Yu, Han, Yujie, Kautz, Tim

“…•This is the first empirical study to develop and assess shorter measures of the Big Five noncognitive skills designed to predict later outcomes.•We find that…”
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RECENT TRENDS IN TOP INCOME SHARES IN THE UNITED STATES: RECONCILING ESTIMATES FROM MARCH CPS AND IRS TAX RETURN DATA by Burkhauser, Richard V., Feng, Shuaizhang, Jenkins, Stephen P., Larrimore, Jeff

“…Although most U.S. income inequality research is based on public use March CPS data, a new wave of research using IRS tax return data reports substantially…”
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