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Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Appleton, S., Song, L., & Xia, Q. (2014). Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis. World Development, 62, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.005

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China from 1988 to 2008 by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality largely due to changes in the wage... Read More about Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis.

The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 (2014)
Journal Article
Xia, Q., Song, L., Li, S., & Appleton, S. (2014). The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2013.875282

This paper examines the effect of the public sector and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on wage inequality in urban China using China Household Income Project data. It applies quantile regression analysis, the Machado and Mata decomposition to investi... Read More about The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007.