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Regional Variation of the Minimum Wages in China
Xing, Chunbing; Xu, Jianwei - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212563
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Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416955
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The Preference for Larger Cities in China: Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants
Xing, Chunbing; Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688391
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China's Higher Education Expansion and its Labor Market Consequences
Li, Shi; Xing, Chunbing - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568294
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Migration, Self-Selection, and Income Distributions: Evidence from Rural and Urban China
Xing, Chunbing - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
As massive rural residents leave their home countryside for better employment, migration has profound effects on income distributions such as rural-urban income gap and inequalities within rural or urban areas. The nature of the effects depends crucially on who are migrating and their migrating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568312