(SOEs) on employment growth, using firm level data for China and a combination of propensity score matching and difference …

attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …

Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

Poverty among ethnic minorities and the majority in rural China for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 is investigated … proportion among the ethnic majority was only about half as high. Still, by far most of the poor in rural China belong to the … ethnic majority. The relatively high poverty rates for ethnic minorities in rural China are found to be due to higher rates …

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 … middle ranks. -- China ; rank ; income ; income inequality …