China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and …

students across 132 schools in rural China, we find a significant lack of interpersonal trust and confidence in public …

-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that village cadres, who are the lowest level of administrators in rural … and non-cadre households in rural China without controlling for unobserved dimensions of ability that are also correlated … who is a cadre. Given the increasing returns to non-agricultural employment since China's economic reforms began, it is …