returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to … education. The return to college is estimated at 49.8% using a conventional Mincer-type specification and averages 37.1% using … into higher education. Additional tests show that the results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection bias associated …

returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to … education. The return to college is estimated at 49.8% using a conventional Mincer-type specification and averages 37.1% using …-ability students select into higher education. Additional tests show that the results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made … highly correlated with the level of education, especially for migrants. Although higher labor costs may have had a negative …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality in China from 1987 to 2002, employing three … document significant increases of inequality within China’s urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality …

apply these tools to the measurement of chronic and transient poverty in China using a rich panel data set that extends over …

attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in …