Abstract
This article studies the regional variation in earnings inequality in contemporary urban China, focusing on the relationship between the pace of economic reforms and earnings determination. Through a multilevel analysis, it shows that economic growth depresses the returns to education and work experience and does not affect the net differences between party members and non-members and between men and women. Overall earnings inequality remains low and only slightly correlated with economic growth because, in faster-growing cities, the tendency toward higher levels of inequality is somewhat offset by the lower returns to human capital. A plausible interpretation is that these results are largely due to the lack of a true labor market in urban China.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 950-992 |
| Number of pages | 43 |
| Journal | American Journal of Sociology |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
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