This paper provides a systematic analysis of the way shifts in property utilization rights in China induced another …

model incorporating England's and China's distinct pre-modern risk-sharing institutions. The model predicts a transition in … England and not China even with equal levels of risk sharing. Under the clan-based Chinese institution, the relatively risk …

existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

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 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 …

China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U … households, respectively, to raise their saving rates. These two factors account for over half of the increase in China's urban …

China using a new sample of middle aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement …

endogeneity problem our results show that rural migrants in urban China have modest positive or zero effects on the average …

offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is …