This paper explains the narrowing of gender gaps in wages and market hours in recent decades by the growth of the service economy. We propose a model with three sectors: goods, services and home production. Women have a comparative advantage in the production of services in the market and at home. The growth of the services sector, in turn driven by structural transformation and marketization o...

Much has been learned about calculation, commodification and marketization from the social studies of markets and finance. But what of capitalization? What is distinctive about this mode of valuation and the reality it impels? What does it mean to live under the ‘asset condition’? In Capitalization: A Cultural Guide, Fabian Muniesa and his colleagues at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation ...

In this paper, we aim to study the relation between marketization level in western region of China and its economic development, provide policy guidance for development underdeveloped regions. Mixed methods data analysis was conducted using panel from 82 prefecture-level cities west 2003 2017. The overall regression results show that has a significant role promoting growth. At same time, region...

This paper expands on an idea recently voiced by neo-Brandeisians and formally modelled economists in the past two decades – namely, that Chicago School’s arguments for harmless efficiency generating nature of vertical integration do not apply zero-priced monetized markets. We build these findings developing a non-formal, incentive-based theoretical model shows how non-interventionist School ap...

I examine the effect of in-kind staple transfers on agricultural production in a setting where transactions with markets are costly for households and result interlinked consumption decisions. leverage expansion India’s Public Distribution system between 1993-2009 as natural experiment generating variation quantity value grains transferred to districts. find that larger PDS quantities associa...

Abstract The article outlines changing US government strategies in response to growing marketization of international aid and development. As private sector vendors, the active, purposive role for‐profit firms distribution is difficult appreciate from only an exploration funding awards. literature identifies multiple influences on vendor relationships between NGOs including new policies donor p...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exist today as a component of broader, ever-evolving financial environment in which questions value, ownership, and intention are characterized by their ambiguity. This article considers Dapper Labs “NBA Top Shot,” blockchain-backed website inviting NBA fans to join “a new era fandom” wherein they may acquire NFTs highlights opening “packs,” functionally similar tradi...

Based on the data of Chinese A-share pharmaceutical industry companies from 2017 to 2020, this paper analyzes impact ESG information disclosure financial risk. The results show that good can significantly reduce risk enterprises. effect control non-state-owned enterprises is more prominent, and higher degree marketization, obvious positive effect.