Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in … school graduate. That of the college graduate deceased, but only slightly and not significantly. -- China ; higher education …

. -- Migration ; self-selection ; income distribution ; China …

that has caused the skill price to rise, especially in the earlier period. Another finding is that China’s export share of … latter period from 2002 to 2007, highlighting the impact of China’s entry into the WTO. -- Urban China ; residual inequality …

We use household surveys from 1995, 2002, and 2007 to examine how changes in job structure contributed to China … institutional features influence job structure and wage inequality. -- job structure ; wage inequality ; urban China ; decomposition …

The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant … formal sector, working in informal jobs and lacking adequate social protection. -- migration ; China ; discrimination …

groups. These findings explain increases in skill premia in coastal regions after China's entry into the WTO, but it does not … also suggest that China's household registration (Hukou) system prevents the mobility of urban residents more than it …

China has long aimed to restrict population growth in large cities but encourages growth in small and medium …-sized cities. At the same time, various government policies favor large cities. We conjecture that larger cities in China have more …

This paper analyzes the regional variation of minimum wage in China. We first introduce the institutional background of … China's minimum wage policy, and then describe the regional variation of the minimum wages using detailed minimum wage data …

We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …

the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …