This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002 …, documenting significant increases of inequality within China's urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality … restructuring have fueled the growth in inequality within urban areas. Poverty levels, however, are very low. China should give more …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002 …, documenting significant increases of inequality within China's urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality … restructuring have fueled the growth in inequality within urban areas. Poverty levels, however, are very low. China should give more …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002 …, documenting significant increases of inequality within China’s urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality … restructuring have fueled the growth in inequality within urban areas. Poverty levels, however, are very low. China should give more …

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 …

families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are …

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the …

We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on … conducted by the China’s Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE) in Beijing. These surveys permit us to construct a set of …

The difference in educational attainment between China's urban- and rural-born populations has widened in recent years …