The paper examines the contentious issue of the extent of surplus labour that remains in China. China was an extreme …

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 …

during China’s reform 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 …

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

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

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

during China’s reform between 1988 and 2002. We find evidence of substantial sorting gains under the traditional system, but …

Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in … school graduate. That of the college graduate deceased, but only slightly and not significantly. -- China ; higher education …