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Ownership restructuring and wage inequality in urban China.

Authors :
WHALLEY, John
XING, Chunbing
Source :
International Labour Review; Mar2016, Vol. 155 Issue 1, p57-72, 16p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Urban income inequality is an increasingly important driver of China's overall income inequality. Using three urban household surveys for 1995, 2002 and 2007, the authors examine how change in enterprise ownership structure - one of the major features of China's economic transition - has contributed to widening urban wage inequality. While wage dispersion was higher in the private sector over the period 1995-2007, it increased faster in the public sector. However, over 50 per cent of the increase in urban wage inequality is associated with labour reallocation from the public to the private sector. Urban wage inequality may thus widen further if more labour is reallocated to the private sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00207780
Volume :
155
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
International Labour Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
116172228
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12005