This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new...

This paper provides new evidence on educational disruptions caused by the Cultural Revolution and identifies the returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to education. The return to college is estimated at 49.8% using a...

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: It Takes 30 Years to Reach Benevolent Governance; 1.1 Doubling of Per Capita Income; 1.2 Worldwide Example of Poverty Reduction; 1.3 China's Featured Policies of Agriculture, Farmer and Rural Area; 1.4 Social Protection That Develops from Nothing; 1.5 Unbalanced Inclusive...