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 …

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

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes peer effects on obesity in a sample … of 3- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in China. Even after a rich set of covariates and unobserved individual …

addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China’s Great Famine on adult health and labor market …

Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low …