This paper examines the nutrition impacts of using non-solid cooking fuel on under-five children in developing countries.We draw on data from more than 1.12 million children in 62 developing countries from the Demogra...This paper examines the nutrition impacts of using non-solid cooking fuel on under-five children in developing countries.We draw on data from more than 1.12 million children in 62 developing countries from the Demographic and Health Surveys(DHS).Results from both fixed effects(FE)and instrumental variable(IV)estimates show that using non-solid cooking fuel significantly improves the nutrition outcomes of under-five children.Compared with their peers from households mainly using solid fuel,children from households mainly using non-solid fuel exhibit a lower probability of experiencing stunting(by 5.9 percentage points)and being underweight(by 1.2 percentage points).Our further investigation provides evidence for several underlying mechanisms,such as improved indoor air quality,induced reduction in children’s respiratory symptoms,benefits on maternal health,and reduction in maternal time spent on fuel collection or cooking.Heterogenous analyses suggest that the nutrition benefits of using non-solid cooking fuel are more prominent among boys,children above three years old,and those from households of lower socioeconomic status,rural areas,and Southeast Asia.展开更多
Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on mechanically stretchable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) gratings were developed. The intrinsic stretchability of PDMS was explored to modulate the period of the di...Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on mechanically stretchable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) gratings were developed. The intrinsic stretchability of PDMS was explored to modulate the period of the distributed feedback gratings for fine tuning the lasing wavelength. Notably, elastic lasers based on three typical light-emitting molecules show com-parable lasing threshold values analogous to rigid devices and a continuous wavelength tunability of about 10 nm by mechanic-al stretching. In addition, the stretchability provides a simple solution for dynamically tuning the lasing wavelength in a spec-tral range that is challenging to achieve for inorganic counterparts. Our work has provided a simple and efficient method of fab-ricating tunable organic lasers that depend on stretchable distributed feedback gratings, demonstrating a significant step in the advancement of flexible organic optoelectronic devices.展开更多
This paper contributes to the assessment of China's rural labor markets.According to our data,the increase in off-farm employment that China experienced during the 1980s and1990s continued during the 2000s.Our ana...This paper contributes to the assessment of China's rural labor markets.According to our data,the increase in off-farm employment that China experienced during the 1980s and1990s continued during the 2000s.Our analysis shows that migration has become the most prevalent off-farm activity,although the destination of migrants is shifting from outside of one's province to destinations closer to home.The present paper finds that large shares of male and female individuals,especially those under 40 years,are working off the farm.These findings represent an important contribution to the labor economics field.First,the results of the present paper reveal that the labor transition from the agricultural sector to the non-agricultural sector for key segments of China's rural labor force is nearly complete.Second,although a large share of China's rural labor force work in agriculture,most of these workers are older men and women(and likely would not be willing to take low-wage,labor-intensive jobs).Third,the rising unskilled wage rate in China is partially a result of the tightening of the labor force in the young age cohorts.Finally,due to factors associated with the one child policy and other demographic transition forces,successive age cohorts will continue to fall in absolute number in the coming decade.Assuming China's growth continues,we expect to see further wage increases since it will take higher wages to coax more workers to work off the farm.展开更多
Drawing on a survey of 106 secondary vocational schools and 7309 students in two provinces of China,this descriptive paper assesses whether vocational schooling is measuring up to government benchmarks for quality and...Drawing on a survey of 106 secondary vocational schools and 7309 students in two provinces of China,this descriptive paper assesses whether vocational schooling is measuring up to government benchmarks for quality and whether poor students are able to access quality schools.We find that secondary vocational schoob have met government benchmarks for teacher qualification and training,student opportunities for practical training and adequate facilities.Furthermore,poor students access schoob of similar quality to non-poor students,even though 34 percent of poor students do not receive financial aid.We conclude that recent policies are successfully ensuring secondary vocational school quality and equity of access to school quality between poor and non-poor students.However,financial aid policies should be re-examined,such that poor students receive sufficient coverage.Moreover,given that input-based measures only proxy school quality,the government should consider holding schoob accountable for outcomes such as student learning.展开更多
China's rapid economic growth has been facilitated by its large volume of rural to urban migration.China's projected future development,especially increasing urbanization,implies that such migration will furth...China's rapid economic growth has been facilitated by its large volume of rural to urban migration.China's projected future development,especially increasing urbanization,implies that such migration will further intensify.However,migration does not come without cost.There are concerns about the potential negative impacts of migration on children 's care,education,and,in particular,the self-esteem of children left behind in villages where one or both parents have out-migrated to cities.In this paper,we employ unique survey data collected from Shaanxi Province,where more than 4700 ninth grade students from 36 rural junior high schools in five counties were surveyed in late 2011.The results show that having both parents migrate into cities significantly reduced children 's self-esteem.The effects are also gender sensitive.Girls that had a father or both parents who had out-migrated were inclined to have lower self-esteem than boys.Moreover,our study findings indicate that parental migration decreased children 's self-esteem more for individuals with initial low self-esteem.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71861147003 and 71925009).
文摘This paper examines the nutrition impacts of using non-solid cooking fuel on under-five children in developing countries.We draw on data from more than 1.12 million children in 62 developing countries from the Demographic and Health Surveys(DHS).Results from both fixed effects(FE)and instrumental variable(IV)estimates show that using non-solid cooking fuel significantly improves the nutrition outcomes of under-five children.Compared with their peers from households mainly using solid fuel,children from households mainly using non-solid fuel exhibit a lower probability of experiencing stunting(by 5.9 percentage points)and being underweight(by 1.2 percentage points).Our further investigation provides evidence for several underlying mechanisms,such as improved indoor air quality,induced reduction in children’s respiratory symptoms,benefits on maternal health,and reduction in maternal time spent on fuel collection or cooking.Heterogenous analyses suggest that the nutrition benefits of using non-solid cooking fuel are more prominent among boys,children above three years old,and those from households of lower socioeconomic status,rural areas,and Southeast Asia.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21835003, 91833304,21422402, 62274097, 21674050, 62004106)the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2014CB648300,2017YFB0404501)+11 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BE2019120, BK20160888)Program for Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor (RK030STP15001)the Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province (TD-XCL-009)the333 Project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2017402)the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (20KJB140005)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M671553)the NUPT"1311 Project"and Scientific Foundation (NY217169, NY215062, NY215107,NY217087)the Leading Talent of Technological Innovation of National Ten-Thousands Talents Program of Chinathe Excellent Scientific and Technological Innovative Teams of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TJ217038)the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (SJCX21-0297)the Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displaysthe Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
文摘Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on mechanically stretchable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) gratings were developed. The intrinsic stretchability of PDMS was explored to modulate the period of the distributed feedback gratings for fine tuning the lasing wavelength. Notably, elastic lasers based on three typical light-emitting molecules show com-parable lasing threshold values analogous to rigid devices and a continuous wavelength tunability of about 10 nm by mechanic-al stretching. In addition, the stretchability provides a simple solution for dynamically tuning the lasing wavelength in a spec-tral range that is challenging to achieve for inorganic counterparts. Our work has provided a simple and efficient method of fab-ricating tunable organic lasers that depend on stretchable distributed feedback gratings, demonstrating a significant step in the advancement of flexible organic optoelectronic devices.
基金funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71110107028,71033003 and 70803005)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-06-02)the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2011RC102 and 2012ZD008)
文摘This paper contributes to the assessment of China's rural labor markets.According to our data,the increase in off-farm employment that China experienced during the 1980s and1990s continued during the 2000s.Our analysis shows that migration has become the most prevalent off-farm activity,although the destination of migrants is shifting from outside of one's province to destinations closer to home.The present paper finds that large shares of male and female individuals,especially those under 40 years,are working off the farm.These findings represent an important contribution to the labor economics field.First,the results of the present paper reveal that the labor transition from the agricultural sector to the non-agricultural sector for key segments of China's rural labor force is nearly complete.Second,although a large share of China's rural labor force work in agriculture,most of these workers are older men and women(and likely would not be willing to take low-wage,labor-intensive jobs).Third,the rising unskilled wage rate in China is partially a result of the tightening of the labor force in the young age cohorts.Finally,due to factors associated with the one child policy and other demographic transition forces,successive age cohorts will continue to fall in absolute number in the coming decade.Assuming China's growth continues,we expect to see further wage increases since it will take higher wages to coax more workers to work off the farm.
基金the financial assistance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(GrantNo.71110107028)CAS(Grant No.KZZD-EW-06-02)
文摘Drawing on a survey of 106 secondary vocational schools and 7309 students in two provinces of China,this descriptive paper assesses whether vocational schooling is measuring up to government benchmarks for quality and whether poor students are able to access quality schools.We find that secondary vocational schoob have met government benchmarks for teacher qualification and training,student opportunities for practical training and adequate facilities.Furthermore,poor students access schoob of similar quality to non-poor students,even though 34 percent of poor students do not receive financial aid.We conclude that recent policies are successfully ensuring secondary vocational school quality and equity of access to school quality between poor and non-poor students.However,financial aid policies should be re-examined,such that poor students receive sufficient coverage.Moreover,given that input-based measures only proxy school quality,the government should consider holding schoob accountable for outcomes such as student learning.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 71333012/71033003 and 71110107028)
文摘China's rapid economic growth has been facilitated by its large volume of rural to urban migration.China's projected future development,especially increasing urbanization,implies that such migration will further intensify.However,migration does not come without cost.There are concerns about the potential negative impacts of migration on children 's care,education,and,in particular,the self-esteem of children left behind in villages where one or both parents have out-migrated to cities.In this paper,we employ unique survey data collected from Shaanxi Province,where more than 4700 ninth grade students from 36 rural junior high schools in five counties were surveyed in late 2011.The results show that having both parents migrate into cities significantly reduced children 's self-esteem.The effects are also gender sensitive.Girls that had a father or both parents who had out-migrated were inclined to have lower self-esteem than boys.Moreover,our study findings indicate that parental migration decreased children 's self-esteem more for individuals with initial low self-esteem.
基金This study is financed by the 111 Project from Ministry of Educaion of China （Grant No. B 16031） and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 71473240）.
