surveys, spanning eleven years, to answer this question with respect to labour market rewards in urban China. We conceptualize … wages. This wage premium has risen with the growing wage differentials associated with the emergence of a labour market and …

This paper analyzes economic-social interaction in China in connection with the country's change of economic system. I … China's options for future social improvements into three broad categories: policies that improve the stability and …

This paper analyzes economic-social interaction in China in connection with the country's change of economic system. I … China's options for future social improvements into three broad categories: policies that improve the stability and …

growing concerns over the current negative externalities of China's economic growth, the long and midterm sustainability of … infrastructure, pension to unemployment insurance and poverty alleviation. The welfare issue is characterized by high degrees of … China's social challenges. In this paper, I provide a summary of the academic literature on post-reform development of the …

This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on unemployment and inequality … workers) leads to: higher unemployment, less income inequality, a higher proportion of formal employment, and a lower formal …

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the …

This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and …

's Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and … improve its social security system and provide basic support for all of its people. The unemployment shock has caused rural … social security would not only mitigate unemployment shocks in the short term, but it would also guarantee individuals and …

Since the launching of its economic reform and opening up programs in 1979, China has experienced an unprecedented … characteristics of the urban unemployment. On that basis, some viable policy responses will be highlighted. …

analyzes the determinants of unemployment duration during the early stages of economic transition. A competing-risks, discrete … dependence in unemployment, and the role of demographic characteristics, alternative income support, and local demand conditions … in explaining unemployment duration for working-age individuals. Married women are found to experience significantly …