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 …

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 …

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

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. …

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. …