Wage increases, wage convergence, and the Lewis turning point in China

We examine the wage trends of ordinary workers and the wage convergence between unskilled and skilled workers in China. First, we find that wages in all non-agricultural sectors, wages of migrant workers, and wages of hired workers in the agricultural sector have increased dramatically since 2003. S...

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Volume:	22
Main Author:	CAI, Fang DU, Yang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	NEW YORK Elsevier Inc 2011 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC Elsevier
published in:	China economic review Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 601 - 610
Data of publication:	2011
ISSN:	1043-951X 1873-7781
EISSN:	1873-7781
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	China Economic Review
Subjects:	Growth sustainability Wage increase Wage convergence Lewis turning point China Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Wage increase Wage convergence Lewis turning point Growth sustainability China Growth sustainability Wage increase Wage convergence Lewis turning point China INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION JAPAN ECONOMY
Online Access:	Fulltext
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