This paper examines the concern for relative standing among rural households in China. We use a survey … equally strong among rural households in China. This should be seen in the light of the rapid change China has undergone, with … high growth, increased inequality, and the highest urban-rural income ratio in the world. Thus, the rural population, which …

their peers. The present paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first systematic analysis of income inequality and risk … taking. We perform a real effort field experiment where inequality is introduced to different wage rates. After the effort … the dominant impact of inequality on risk taking is what can be termed a social house money effect: high-wage individuals …

their peers. The present paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first systematic analysis of income inequality and risk … taking. We perform a real effort field experiment where inequality is introduced to different wage rates. After the effort … the dominant impact of inequality on risk taking is what can be termed a social house money effect: high-wage individuals …

incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system, which favors urban residents and discriminates against … institutionally imposed social identity on individuals' economic performance, and potentially on inequality. …

-wave census-type panel data in 18 villages in rural western China, two identification strategies, instrumental variable and … on blood donation than community-specific inequality. …

manufacturing sector toward high value-added products. However, regional inequality in China has increased considerably behind the …China has achieved unprecedented success in economic growth since the initiation of economic reforms. The high growth … transformation and industrial upgrading on regional inequality. This paper contributes to the literature by employing a database …