Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in … school graduate. That of the college graduate deceased, but only slightly and not significantly. -- China ; higher education …

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 …

less on developing countries and very little on China involving migrant workers in spite of their growing practical and … search procedures used by migrant workers in China by taking advantage of a rich data set on migrant workers that has … in China. However, our IV results suggest that the OLS estimates are subject to severe selection bias from the fact that …

This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors - state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture - and China's unique household registration …-decreasing. -- labor markets ; employment ; welfare economics ; China ; hukou …

This paper describes the Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), a unique data source in terms … of spatial coverage and panel dimension for research on labor markets in China. The survey is a collaboration project …

across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that …