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GVC participation and environmental pollution in China's manufacturing industry 全球价值链参与与中国制造业环境污染

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-19 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12359

Jingbu Wang, Yun Bai, Keunyeob Oh

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Class size and school gender composition 班级规模和学校性别构成

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-12 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12357

Jiyeong Lee

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Robots and gender inequality: Evidence from Chinese firms 机器人与性别不平等：来自中国企业的证据

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12355

Xiaoxia Wang, Lei Li, Gang Xu

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Analyzing household income mobility in South Korea using high-order Markov chains 利用高阶马尔可夫链分析韩国家庭收入流动性

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12358

Wonjae Lee, Bongkyoo Yoon

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Effects of decentralization on local economic growth in China 分权对中国地方经济增长的影响

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12356

Haizhen Jin

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Correction to “The impact of electric vehicle adoption on regional energy market integration in China” 对“电动汽车普及对中国区域能源市场一体化的影响”的修正

IF 1.1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12360

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Participation in global value chains and rent sharing at small firms in Vietnam 越南小企业参与全球价值链和租金分摊

IF 1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12348

Nobuaki Yamashita, Doan Thi Thanh Ha

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Exploring the use of satellite imagery and computer vision-based machine learning method to improve the spatial granularity of poverty statistics 探索利用卫星图像和基于计算机视觉的机器学习方法提高贫困统计的空间粒度

IF 1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12349

Martin Hofer, Tomas Sako, Arturo Martinez Jr., Joseph Bulan, Mildred Addawe, Ron Lester Durante, Marymell Martillan

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“Power or information”: How social networks affect the self-employment decision of rural migrants in Beijing? “权力还是信息”：社会网络如何影响北京农民工的自主创业决策？

IF 1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12347

Jie Zhang, Jingyi Ye, Chenyu Meng

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The differential effects of childbearing on household economic decisions: The contrast between the first and second child 生育对家庭经济决策的不同影响：第一胎和第二胎的对比

IF 1 4区经济学

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/asej.12346

Nana Chen, Yi Min, Hangtian Xu, Shuhan Chen

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