of the urban population in work-active ages and use data from the Chinese Income Project (CHIP) covering eastern, central … being employed as a worker of high rank. There is relatively little income inequality among workers of high rank as well as … among workers of middle rank. Mean income and household wealth per capita of highly-ranked workers developed more favorably …

Income Project indicate that while, assessed against an absolute poverty line, poverty among Chinese urban residents was … already fairly low in 2007, increasing proportions fell under a relative poverty line from 1988 to 2007. Thus income growth in … urban China was more rapid in the middle segments of the income distribution that at it's lower segments. In 2013, at least …

the start of junior high increases the rate at which disadvantaged students matriculate into high school. Based on a … randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …, that providing the CCT increases high school matriculation among the subset of disadvantaged students who overestimate the …

the start of junior high increases the rate at which disadvantaged students matriculate into high school. Based on a … randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …, that providing the CCT increases high school matriculation among the subset of disadvantaged students who overestimate the …

find that the effects of the program among middle-income students are stronger compared with those of other groups. And we … affects students' schooling decisions after graduation from junior high school. By using a longitudinal dataset of 2348 … students in two counties, we use ordinary least squares and propensity score matching to evaluate the impact of this program on …