the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …

children's nutritional status in migrant households. Measures of social disadvantage are based on China's hukou system of …

mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the U.S. labor market. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been …

Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in the minimum … changes in China over the period of 2004 to 2009. In contrast to the mixed results of previous studies using provincial … Central regions of China, and result in disemployment for females, young adults, and low-skilled workers …

associated with the nutritional status of children in rural and urban China. Results from instrumental variables regressions show …

enforcing minimum wage standards during 2004-2012 in China. We manually collect a panel data set of city-level minimum wage … standards from China's government websites. This analysis finds strong evidence of spatial interdependence in minimum wage … standards and enforcement among main cities in China.If other cities decrease minimum wage standards by 1 RMB, the host city …

less on developing countries and very little on China involving migrant workers in spite of their growing practical and … search procedures used by migrant workers in China by taking advantage of a rich data set on migrant workers that has … in China.However, our IV results suggest that the OLS estimates are subject to severe selection bias from the fact that …

China since its new minimum wage regulations in 2004 to estimate their impact on wages, wage spillovers, and employment. We …

the minimum wage has helped lower earnings inequality. China has recently exhibited rapid economic growth and widening … earnings inequality. Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in … relationship between the minimum wage and earnings inequality and its controversial nature have sparked heated debate in China …