returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …

Using original survey data from China, we estimate a discrete duration model to study the reemployment of urban workers … who lost jobs during China's major restructuring of the state sector in the late 1990s. Using an exogenous measure of …

fail. Using a unique dataset from a recent household survey conducted in urban China, we find evidence that private …

This paper uses a unique panel of data from rural China to analyze the impact of expanding connections to off …

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 …

We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on … conducted by the China<92>s Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE) in Beijing. These surveys permit us to construct a set of …

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 …