Using nationally representative data from the 2012 and 2014 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey, this paper investigates the effects of network types (kinship/non-kinship) and network resources (information/influence) on job attainment and match quality in China. We find a wage premium obtained...

Using the 2011-2013 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this paper utilizes the quarter of the year in which a child was born as an instrumental variable to measure child education shock and explores its impact on migrated households. We only find significant education-induced migration among boys,...

This paper develops a parsimonious model of incomplete credit and job markets in which family background helps children invest in education and land jobs. As some competent children lacking in social connections are shut out of good jobs, both their incentives and accessibility in investing in...

Developing countries collect not only a far lower share of GDP in taxes, but also less payroll tax than rich countries. This paper explores behavioral responses to payroll tax by evaluating the 2006 pension reform that subtracted 3% of employees’ Defined Contribution account in China. First,...

This paper explores firms’ bunching responses to training expenses deduction policy using microdata on Chinese manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2007. By exploiting a bunching method, we estimate the elasticities of training intensity with respect to (one plus) the marginal tax rate at the kink...