China's great economic transformation -- China and development economics -- China in light of the performance of central and east european economies-- A political economy of China's economic transition -- The demographic factor in China's transition -- The Chinese labor market in the reform era...

We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on investigating increases in inequality associated with transition and economic development. With a backdrop of perceived improvements in average living standards, we ask whether...