This paper examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in China. The analyses are conducted separately … education in rural China is much higher for females than for males. Associated with this, the wage penalty where workers are … females in rural China. These findings are interpreted using the explanations offered for the gender differential in the …

In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …

structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes …

-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … find that women, urban residents and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health and … China, conditional on socio-economic differences. On the other hand, rural residents are poorer than urban residents so that …

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China's urban labor market using the 2009 survey data …

household has poor access to water. For testing we use data from rural villages in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We …

in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment …

We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property …

Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural …