paper identifies the returns to schooling in urban China using individual-level variation in educational attainment caused … data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large cities in 2001. The results are consistent with the …

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 …

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

attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in … by geographic convergence in access to education across rural China …

paper identifies the returns to schooling in urban China using individual-level variation in educational attainment caused … data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large cities in 2001. The results are consistent with the …