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In the past 20 or so years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350%. Accompanying this unprecedented growth is a considerable increase in earnings inequality. Between 1988 and 2009 the variance of log earnings increased from 0.28 to 0.54, a 94% increase....
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new-generation migrants in China's urban workforce. We present evidence to suggest that new-generation migrants are less … with aspirations rising faster than income in China's fast growing urban economy. …
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This study contributes to an important, but under-researched, topic on China by empirically examining the theory of … compensating differentials in the context of China's migrant workers. Using survey data collected from the Pearl River Delta in … Guangdong province in south China, this study applies the Firpo-Fortin-Lemieux quantile decomposition method to examine the …
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Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the...
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This study explores the relationship between home ownership and subjective wellbeing in urban China. We first present a … theoretical model examining the relationship between housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in China. We then test the …
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This study investigates determinants of happiness and job satisfaction of urban locals, first-generation migrants and new-generation migrants in China’s urban workforce. We present evidence to suggest that new-generation migrants are less satisfied with their jobs and lives than...
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Korean minority in China, a population that is undergoing rapid change in a fast moving transitional economy. …
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Using a unique dataset from the Pearl River Delta in China we examine the factors associated with rural-urban migrantsâ …
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examine the determinants of public support for foreign aid in China. China is a particularly interesting case because it is … both a recipient and donor of foreign aid. Thus, one would expect that the public’s perceptions of China’s own development … needs would influence its support for China donating to other countries. We find that while political ideology and sense of …
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