Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis

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 structure. During 2002–08, changes in the returns...

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Main Authors: Appleton, Simon, Song, Lina, Xia, Qingjie
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31900/
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description 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 structure. During 2002–08, changes in the returns to education and experience have been equalizing. However, changes in other categories of wage differential—by sex, occupation, ownership, industrial sector, and province—widened inequality. The gender gap continued to rise, as did the gap between white collar and blue collar workers, and between manufacturing and other sectors.
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spelling nottingham-319002020-05-04T20:13:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31900/ Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis Appleton, Simon Song, Lina Xia, Qingjie 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 structure. During 2002–08, changes in the returns to education and experience have been equalizing. However, changes in other categories of wage differential—by sex, occupation, ownership, industrial sector, and province—widened inequality. The gender gap continued to rise, as did the gap between white collar and blue collar workers, and between manufacturing and other sectors. Elsevier 2014-10 Article PeerReviewed Appleton, Simon, Song, Lina and Xia, Qingjie (2014) Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis. World Development, 62 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 0305-750X China; labor; wages; quantile regression; inequality http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X14001041 doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.005 doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.005
spellingShingle China; labor; wages; quantile regression; inequality
Appleton, Simon
Song, Lina
Xia, Qingjie
Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title_full Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title_fullStr Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title_full_unstemmed Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title_short Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
title_sort understanding urban wage inequality in china 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis
topic China; labor; wages; quantile regression; inequality
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31900/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31900/