This paper studies the evolution of China's production and trade patterns during its integration into the global … that capital deepening made China's production and exports more capital-intensive, although labor-biased productivity … growth acted as a counterforce. Consistent with the data, our model demonstrates that China's trade openness peaked around …

In a rare example of an explicit national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty, China's leadership has … the potential trade-offs, the paper asks whether China's experience indicates that income-polarization was a by-product of … polarizing in China …

The path of income inequality in post-reform China has been widely interpreted as "China's Kuznets curve." We show that … agrarian policy reforms. Our findings warn against any presumption that the Kuznets process will assure that China has passed …

We analyze the Hukou system of permanent registration in China which many believe has supported growing relative … regions and cities. Our aim is to inject economic modelling into the debate on sources of inequality in China which thus far … geographical divides in China is supported solely by quantity based migration restrictions (urban -- rural areas, rich -- poor …

, the urban-rural income inequality. This pattern in the data suggests that inferences based solely on China's national …

-income taxpayers) in order to provide consistent series on the accumulation and distribution of income and wealth in China over the … between 1978 and 2015, while the bottom 50% share dropped from 27% to 15%. China's inequality levels used to be close to …

.world), with particular emphasis on the contrast between the trends observed in the United States, China, France, and the United …

China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …

with their preferred partner. We analyze marriage markets in a central region of China between about 1300 and 1850 through … in China became weaker over time …