Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in differences of average wages among major industry groups parallels increases in wage and income inequality not only between rural and urban sectors but within the urban economy as...

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in differences of average wages among major industry groups parallels increases in wage and income inequality not only between rural and urban sectors but within the urban economy as...

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990, and the wage pattern has become increasingly similar to the that of developed countries and to two major emerging economies, Russia and Brazil. The upward trend in differences of average wages among...

Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. Researchers have attributed this rising inequality within the industrial wage structure to: (i) increasingly competitive labour markets leading to better matches between worker pay, worker skills and...