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How does education affect the earnings distribution in urban China?
Wang, Le - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282321
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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368922
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Labor Supply in Early Career: Evidence from Kosovo's School-to-Work Transition Survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2013
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319461
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Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market: does the origin of human capital matter?
Sanromá, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyse the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of recent immigrants within the Spanish labour market. Using microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes 2007, the paper examines returns to human capital of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269038
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Estimating returns to education when the IV sample is selective
Wang, Le - 2012
particularly worrisome, suggesting that the previous IV results are robust. In particular, using China Household Income Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291347
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Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008
Cui, Yuling; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - 2013
This paper estimates the returns to education of rural-urban migrants during the period of transition of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330135
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Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008
Cui, Yuling; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper estimates the returns to education of rural-urban migrants during the period of transition of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734416
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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2003
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261574
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Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Yang, Xiuna - 2015
This study uses China's Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyse the extent migration behaviour among 14 large ethnic … cases investigated, a minority ethnicity reduces migration probabilities for people registered in rural China. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531716
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Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Yang, Xiuna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This study uses China's Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyse the extent migration behaviour among 14 large ethnic … cases investigated, a minority ethnicity reduces migration probabilities for people registered in rural China. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273194