This paper estimates the returns to education of rural-urban migrants during the period of transition of China … ; quantile regression ; ownership enterprises ; China ; returns to schooling …

Rapid education expansion and rising income inequality are two striking phenomena occurring in China during the … transitional period. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data collected in 1997 and 2006, this paper studies how … effect. In explaining the earning gap in China, the price effect is more important than the population effect. The labor …

In this paper, we examine the determinants of urban wages in China from 1988 to 2002. We find increased returns to …

Education's role in determining worker incomes in China's rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this … between institutionally-differentiated groups of workers in China's urban labor markets. An interesting hierarchy of returns …

This paper investigates the evolution of earnings inequality in urban China from 1989 to 2006. After decomposing the …

the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household … reforms and technological changes that increased the relative demand for skill. -- Education ; earnings ; inequality ; China …

discrimination and skill wage inequality in the Chinese labor market. Based on data from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies (CFPSs …