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Working Papers

2008

1. Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations
2. Migrant opportunity and the educational attainment of youth in rural China
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
3. The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

2007

4. Inequality and Poverty in China during Reform
   Cahiers de recherche PMMA, PEP-PMMA View citations

2006

5. Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China
   Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006)
   Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE (2006) View citations
6. Elder Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
7. Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations

2005

8. Income Inequality During China's Economic Transition
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations

2004

9. The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China
   William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
   Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2003) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2005)

2003

10. How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations

2000

11. Is Life More Risky in the Open? Household Risk-Coping and the Opening of China's Labor Markets
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2006)

1997

12. Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: The Changing Role of Rural Financial Institutions in China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations

Journal Articles

2007

1. Precautionary Behavior, Migrant Networks, and Household Consumption Decisions: An Empirical Analysis Using Household Panel Data from Rural China
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (3), 534-551 View citations

2006

2. How well do children insure parents against low retirement income? An analysis using survey data from urban China
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (12), 2229-2255 View citations
3. Is life more risky in the open? Household risk-coping and the opening of China's labor markets
   Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 81, (1), 25-60 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
4. Reemployment of dislocated workers in urban China: The roles of information and incentives
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (3), 582-607 View citations

2005

5. The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53, (4), 769-824 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
6. What is China's true unemployment rate?
   China Economic Review, 2005, 16, (2), 149-170 View citations

2003

7. Competition under credit rationing: theory and evidence from rural China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 463-495 View citations