This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China … validate the arrival of the Lewis turning point in China, showing continuous and coordinated wage growth across rural and urban … education converged gradually to the international standard. These findings suggest major progresses in the integration of labor …

Since the launching of its economic reform and opening up programs in 1979, China has experienced an unprecedented … pressure for employment creation has continued to persist and the situation of excess supply of labor, especially in the urban … area, has been worsening. This paper explores the changing patterns of the urban labor market, and identifies the main …

As China passes through its Lewis turning point characterized first by the appearance of a labor shortage and a … constant increase in wages, its labor market shows both features of the dual economy and neoclassical growth. This paper first … depicts the trend of population as a root cause of the labor market transition from dual economy to neoclassical scenario. It …

the mobility of skilled labor against the model's key rigidities. Mobility point scores which serve to encourage mobility … from skilled labor within the model not only increase the knowledge base but also place upward pressure on nominal wage …

-plant heterogeneity points to a local labor supply channel where particularly plants utilizing low-wage, female, blue-collar workers are … impacted. Consistent with a blue-collar labor supply shock, the results show a positive impact on average blue-collar wages and …

being in employment, education or labor market programs. Qualitative evidence suggests that the zero effect may be due to …