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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China? *
Author(s) -
Wang Le
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00697.x
Subject(s) - earnings , equity (law) , distribution (mathematics) , china , affect (linguistics) , economics , demographic economics , labour economics , geography , finance , psychology , political science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , archaeology , communication , law
It is widely believed that investing in education could be an effective strategy to promote higher standards of living and equity. We empirically assess this claim by estimating returns to education across the whole earnings distribution in urban China and find supporting evidence. In particular, we find that returns to education are more pronounced for individuals in the lower tail of the distribution than for those in the upper tail and that returns to education are uniformly larger for women than men. We also find that returns to education increased over time across the whole earnings distribution.