This paper first reviews the history of social insurance policy and coverage in urban China, documenting the evolution … highlighting obstacles to expanding coverage. The paper then uses two waves of the China Urban Labor Survey, conducted in 2005 and …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …

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

This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China's rural labor force. Using a …