also suggest that China's household registration (Hukou) system prevents the mobility of urban residents more than it … in response to regional demand shifts between 2000 and 2005. Results from OLS regressions show that population changes of … groups. These findings explain increases in skill premia in coastal regions after China's entry into the WTO, but it does not …

that has caused the skill price to rise, especially in the earlier period. Another finding is that China's export share of … latter period from 2002 to 2007, highlighting the impact of China's entry into the WTO. …

Gender earnings differentials in urban China by region and their changes during the first decade of economic reform are …

In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical …. We estimate the impact of this program on health care utilization and expenditure using 2006 and 2009 waves of the China …

This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors - state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture - and China's unique household registration … system (hukou). The major existing theoretical models of employment and development - the Lewis model, the integrated labor …

them with migrants who were born with an urban hukou. Using data from the 2003 China General Social Survey, we examine how …

residence permit (hukou) using callback information from an Internet job board. We find that these employers prefer migrant …

In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas … counterparts left behind in rural China. The probability of becoming a permanent migrant is positively related to parental …-born counterparts and those who receive a hukou before age 25 typically earn at least as much as their urban-born counterparts. The …

Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools …, health care, and attractive employment opportunities are available only to those who have local registration (Hukou …). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has gradually been relaxed since the 1980s, helping to explain an …

Hukou registration is an instrument to control nonplanned population and capital movements, which the Chinese Communist … agricultural or nonagricultural hukou inheritor and be distinguished by their location with respect to an administrative unit …. Hukou distribution used to be entirely determined by birth, but nowadays, Chinese citizens can self-select their hukou …