during China?s between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus budget …-constraint effects as China?s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by government for students …

This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from …

returns to schooling for college graduates during China's reform between 1988 and 2002. We find that there were substantial …

Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China's higher education expansion commenced in …

less on developing countries and very little on China involving migrant workers in spite of their growing practical and … search procedures used by migrant workers in China by taking advantage of a rich data set on migrant workers that has … in China. However, our IV results suggest that the OLS estimates are subject to severe selection bias from the fact that …

the minimum wage has helped lower earnings inequality. China has recently exhibited rapid economic growth and widening … earnings inequality. Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in … relationship between the minimum wage and earnings inequality and its controversial nature have sparked heated debate in China …

Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …

Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …

Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …