We document dramatic rising wages in China for the period 1978-2007 based on multiple sources of aggregate statistics …-intensive and labor-intensive industries have widened. Comparisons of international data show that China's manufacturing wage has … already converged to that of Asian emerging markets, but China still enjoys enormous labor cost advantages over its …

This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China … validate the arrival of the Lewis turning point in China, showing continuous and coordinated wage growth across rural and urban … markets in China. -- labor markets ; rural-urban migration ; wage growth ; schooling returns ; Lewis turning point ; China …

jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the … policies ; China …

structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. -- household saving ; one-child policy ; demographic structure … ; cohort analysis ; China …

quality played an important role in raising the extensive margin of processing exports in China for the period of 1997 …. -- product cycle ; ownership structure ; contract environment ; export variety ; processing trade ; China …

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China. -- wage growth ; wage premium ; capital accumulation ; trade … expansion ; technological change ; China …

raising the extensive margin of processing exports in China for the period of 1997-2007. …

Over the last decade, the internal and external macroeconomic imbalances in China have risen to unprecedented levels …. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded …, the accession of China to the World Trade Organization has dramatically amplified the effects of these structural …

existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic … structure ; China …

model based on a natural experiment in which China lifted its restrictions on foreign ownership for multinational companies … ownership structure, the skill upgrading in exports, and the evolution of wage inequality from 1992 to 2008 in China …