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Online teaching, gender differences and education outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban high schools during the COVID-19 在线教学、性别差异和教育成果：COVID-19 期间来自中国城市高中的证据

IF 2.7 2区经济学

Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.02.002

Liu Yang , Lei Zhang

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The growth of firms, markets and rents: Evidence from China 企业、市场和租金的增长：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2023.12.006

Daniel Berkowitz , Shuichiro Nishioka

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On the origins of national identity. German nation-building after Napoleon 关于国家认同的起源。拿破仑之后的德意志民族建设

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.02.004

Felix Kersting , Nikolaus Wolf

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Transparency and grand corruption: Lessons from the Colombia school meals program 透明度与大腐败：哥伦比亚学校供餐计划的经验教训

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.02.003

Philip Keefer , Benjamin Roseth

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Hedging desperation: How kinship networks reduced cannibalism in historical China 对冲绝望：亲属网络如何减少中国历史上的人吃人现象

IF 2.7 2区经济学

Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.01.003

Zhiwu Chen , Zhan Lin , Xiaoming Zhang

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A theory of symbiotic corruption 共生腐败理论

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2023.12.005

Xuezheng CHEN , Lin GUI , Tao WU , Jun ZHANG

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Misinformation technology: Internet use and political misperceptions in Africa 错误信息技术：非洲的互联网使用和政治误解

IF 2.7 2区经济学

Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.01.002

Joël Cariolle , Yasmine Elkhateeb , Mathilde Maurel

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Religious symbols in the public sphere and development of the third sector: Some evidence from rural Poland 公共领域的宗教象征与第三部门的发展：波兰农村地区的一些证据

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2023.12.003

Jan Fałkowski, Przemysław J. Kurek

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Group composition of income types and the absolute-relative framing of public good contributions 收入类型的群体构成与公益捐助的绝对相对框架

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.03.001

Li Yutong , Wang Xianghong , Dai Zhixin

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Social Status Inequality and Populism 社会地位不平等与民粹主义

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.02.001

Mark Gradstein

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