A national urban household survey for China in 1986 is analyzed to examine the determinants and the extent of income inequality. The influence of age, education, occupation, ownership category, sex, region, and their various inter-relationships are studied. Estimates of income inequality among...

In some developing countries, private rates of return to primary education have fallen to low levels. An explanation is provided as to why this fall need not reduce the demand for primary education. Primary schooling is a necessary input into postprimary. In an educational system that is...

A structural model relating fertility to its proximate is estimated for the Cote d'Ivoire. The assumption of exogeneity of the proximate determinants is rejected and shown to understate their influence. The model allows identification of the means through which female education affects...