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 …

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …

This paper investigates the evolution of earnings inequality in urban China from 1989 to 2006. After decomposing the … distribution of long-term earnings. -- Earnings inequality ; covariance structure of earnings ; China …

Rapid education expansion and rising income inequality are two striking phenomena occurring in China during the … transitional period. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data collected in 1997 and 2006, this paper studies how … effect. In explaining the earning gap in China, the price effect is more important than the population effect. The labor …

China's phenomenal growth is accompanied by both relatively low level of standards of living and high inequality. It is … China during economic transition. We find that returns to education are generally more pronounced for individuals in the …

from rural areas to two potential destinations, secondary town and big city. We first derive conditions under which a … poverty gradient from rural to town to city will exist as an equilibrium phenomenon. We then address the policy question and …