This paper examines the impact of globalization on wage inequality using Chinese Urban Household Survey data from 1988 to 2008. Exploring two trade liberalization shocks, Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour in 1992 and China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, we analyze whether...

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 and its consequent reduction of trade policy uncertainty have been among the main driving forces of its export expansion after 2001. This research studies the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty on employment using...

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 and its consequent reduction of trade policy uncertainty have been among the main driving forces of its export expansion after 2001. This research studies the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty on employment using...