Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …

Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …

endogeneity problem our results show that rural migrants in urban China have modest positive or zero effects on the average …

Intergenerational income elasticities are estimated using samples for urban China (covering many cities) for the years … income link between sons and fathers in urban China appears to be not very different from what has been reported for …

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …

This paper examines the effects of state sector domination on wage inequality in urban China. Using Chinese Household …

in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and … researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …