returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of city-wide disruptions to …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …

We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …

In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

This paper describes the Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), a unique data source in terms … of spatial coverage and panel dimension for research on labor markets in China. The survey is a collaboration project …

subjective well-being. This paper focuses on the huge population of rural-to-urban migrants in China. Using a novel dataset, we …

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. …

We provide evidence that promotion incentives influence the effort of public employees by studying China's system of …

influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for …