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The social behavior of immigrants during natural disasters: Lessons from the United States 自然灾害期间移民的社会行为：美国的经验教训

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.06.005

Veeshan Rayamajhee , Jayash Paudel

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The compulsory education law, female education and fertility: An empirical study in China 义务教育法、女性教育与生育：中国的实证研究

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.06.001

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Transition from plan to market: Imperfect regulations in the electricity sector of China 从计划到市场的过渡：中国电力行业的不完善法规

IF 2.7 2区经济学

Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.01.001

Jing Cao , Mun S. Ho , Rong Ma , Yu Zhang

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Migration networks, export shocks, and human capital acquisition: Evidence from China 移民网络、出口冲击和人力资本获取：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.2024.04.001

Shu Cai , Xinzheng Shi , Zhufeng Xu

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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

IF 2.7 2区经济学

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

IF 2.7 2区经济学

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

IF 2.7 2区经济学

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

IF 2.7 2区经济学

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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