1. Setting the Scene: The China Picture -- Shanghai & the YRD in Perspective -- 2. Provinces and cities of the YRD: Shanghai -- Jiangsu Province: Changzhou -- Nanjing -- Suzhou -- Changshu -- Kunshan -- Taicang -- Wuxi -- Yangzhou -- Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou -- Ningbo -- Wenzhou -- Anhui...

"We document and discuss the implications of a sharp increase in the regional dispersion of skill premia in China in recent years. This has previously been little noted or discussed. We use three urban household surveys for 1995, 2002, and 2007 and estimate skill premia at provincial and city...