Showing papers by "Yu Xie published in 2002"
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined earnings inequality and earnings returns to education in China among four types of workers characterized by their labor market history compared to workers staying in the state sector, early market entrants no longer enjoyed advantages.
Abstract: The paper examines earnings inequality and earnings returns to education in China among four types of workers characterized by their labor market history Compared to workers staying in the state sector, early market entrants no longer enjoyed advantages The commonly observed higher earnings returns to education in the market sector are only limited to recent market entrants This results from the aggregation of two very different types of workers: those who were "pushed" and those who "jumped" into the market in later stage of the reform The findings challenge the prevailing wisdom that education is necessarily more highly rewarded by the market sector
21 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored methods for using mothers' interviews to gather data on their children's family formation experiences, which constitute a cost-efficient means of gathering data for models of family background that include both intergenerational and sibling influences.
6 citations