While some workers in China attain senior professional level and senior cadre level status (Chuzhang and above), others … and western China for 1995 and 2002. For 2002, persons of high rank make up 3 percent and persons of middle rank make up …

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …

Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where …

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 …

China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and …

-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … find that women, urban residents and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health and … China, conditional on socio-economic differences. On the other hand, rural residents are poorer than urban residents so that …

This paper investigates how ethnic minorities in rural China are faring compared with the ethnic majority. The village … is the unit of analysis and large surveys for 2002 are used. Minority villages in northeast China are found to have a …

families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are …