This paper proposes a new unified theory of sociobehavioral forces. The goal of the new theory is to integrate theories … describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justice and self-esteem), status, power, identity, and … characteristics, and primordial sociobehavioral outcomes. The unified theory posits the operation of three sociobehavioral forces …

economic incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system which favors urban residents and discriminates …

Disparities in length of schooling between the largest Muslim minority in China, the Hui, and the Han majority are …

in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and … researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in … contributed to wage inequality due monopoly rent sharing. We show that the industrial wage dispersion in China has evolved to …

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the …

Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …

One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large …

influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for …