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 …

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. …

This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple …

the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …

associated with the nutritional status of children in rural and urban China. Results from instrumental variables regressions show …

agents care about household production or the income from a second job. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we adopt …

enforcing minimum wage standards during 2004-2012 in China. We manually collect a panel data set of city-level minimum wage … standards from China's government websites. This analysis finds strong evidence of spatial interdependence in minimum wage … standards and enforcement among main cities in China. If other cities decrease minimum wage standards by 1 RMB, the host city …

This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of … families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, we assess the impact of … find that remittances supplement income in rural China and lead to increased consumption rather than increased investment …

the minimum wage has helped lower earnings inequality. China has recently exhibited rapid economic growth and widening … earnings inequality. Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in … relationship between the minimum wage and earnings inequality and its controversial nature have sparked heated debate in China …

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …