We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a … external markets does not. Therefore, large agglomeration economies prevail in China and they are more localised than in … China. …

price to rise, especially in the earlier period. Another finding is that China's export share of GDP has a positive effect …

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering … similar comparison made at the end of the 1980s. We confirm that earnings inequality has increased rapidly in both countries … earnings reach a maximum at a lower age than in China. The association between education and income in China has increased to …

in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and … researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …

This paper discusses the possibility of China falling into the so-called middle income trap in terms of three … follows: First, China has increasingly become innovative and thus differs from other middle income countries. Second, China … has many successful big businesses, a number disproportionate to its size. Thus, China differs from other middle income …

Using the national China Household Income Project 2007 urban survey data and a propensity score matching method, this …

We document the sharp expansion of higher education in China beginning in 1999 and analyze its impacts on the …-in-difference strategy, we find that China's expansion policy has sharply increased the unemployment rate among young college graduates, and …

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … skilled natives than for unskilled, as expected from theory. Overall, our findings support large nominal wage gains that can … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …