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Xia, Qingjie; Li, Shi; Song, Lina - 2017

We use 1995, 2002 and 2013 CHIP data to investigate the urban household consumption expenditure inequality. The overall inequality of urban household consumption expenditure measured by Gini coefficient slightly decreases from 0.33 in 1995 to 0.32 in 2002, but increases to 0.36 in 2013, which...

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Wage differentials between urban and rural-urban migrant workers in China

Zhang, Li; Sharpe, Rhonda Vonshay; Li, Shi; Darity, … - In: China economic review : an international journal 41 (2016), pp. 222-233

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Productivity gains from agglomeration and migration in the People's Republic of China between 2002 and 2013

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - In: Asian development review 34 (2017) 2, pp. 184-200

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Changing trends in China's inequality : key issues and main findings

Sicular, Terry; Li, Shi; Yue, Ximing; Satō, Hiroshi - 2017

which share in common their use of household data from the latest round of the China Household Income Project (CHIP) survey … to analyze recent trends in inequality in China. We begin with an overview of relevant economic and policy developments … in China and discuss data and measurement issues. We discuss our central estimates of national income inequality based on …

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Overview: incomes and inequality in China, 2007-2013

Luo, Chuliang; Sicular, Terry; Li, Shi - 2017

In this chapter we examine trends in China's household incomes, income distribution and inequality for China as a whole …

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The increasing inequality of wealth in China, 2002-2013

Knight, John B.; Li, Shi; Wan, Haiyuan - 2017

The inequality of wealth in China has increased rapidly in recent years. Prior to 1978 all Chinese households possessed … negligible wealth. China therefore presents a fascinating case study of how inequality of household wealth increases as economic … decomposed using data from two national sample surveys of the China Household Income Project (CHIP) relating to 2002 and 2013 …

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New patterns in China's rural poverty

Li, Shi; Zhan, Peng; Shen, Yanyang - 2017

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the structure of rural poverty in China. Based on data from the China …

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Consumption inequality in urban China, 1995-2013

Xia, Qingjie; Li, Shi; Song, Lina - 2017

We use CHIP data from 1995, 2002, and 2013 to investigate inequality in urban household consumption expenditures. Overall inequality in urban household consumption expenditures measured by the Gini coefficient decreased slightly from 0.33 in 1995 to 0.32 in 2002, but it increased to 0.36 in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876575

The effects of minimum wage on wage distribution in urban China : evidence from the CHIP data

Ma, Xinxin; Li, Shi - 2017

Using data from the China Household Income Project, this study analyzes the effects of minimum wage policy on wage … distribution in urban China from 1993 to 2013. Several major conclusions emerge from this research. First, with respect to the …

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Social insurance for migrant workers in China : impact of the 2008 Labour Contract Law

Gao, Qin; Yang, Sui; Li, Shi - In: Economic and political studies : EPS 5 (2017) 3/4, pp. 285-304

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