apply these tools to the measurement of chronic and transient poverty in China using a rich panel data set that extends over …. -- poverty dynamics ; transient poverty ; chronic poverty ; permanent poverty ; China …

attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in …

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

incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial …

China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and … evaluating our identification strategy. -- migration ; migrant networks ; consumption ; poverty ; wealth ; rural 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 …

Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in the minimum … changes in China over the period of 2004 to 2009. In contrast to the mixed results of previous studies using provincial … Central regions of China, and result in disemployment for females, young adults, and low-skilled workers. …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …

returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …