Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …

Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …

The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …

We use a unique data of representative migrants and urban local workers in 15 Chinese cities to investigate …

selection effects of famine. Using data from the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine, we find that taller children were more likely …

Hundreds of millions of rural migrants have moved into Chinese cities since the early 1990s contributing greatly to … between rural-urban migration and urban native workers' labour market outcomes in Chinese cities. After controlling for the … endogeneity problem our results show that rural migrants in urban China have modest positive or zero effects on the average …

selection effects of famine. Using data from the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine, we find that taller children were more likely …

In the past 20 or so years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350%. Accompanying …