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Peer reviewedWei, Xin; Tsang, Mun C.; Xu, Weibin; Chen, Liang-Kun – Education Economics, 1999
Investigates education and earnings for 3,709 residents of rural China. Education was significantly related to earnings; an additional year of schooling raised residents' earnings by 4.8 yuan monthly. The earnings effect was stronger for males and in economically advanced areas. Average private rate of return to education was 4.8%. Contains 26…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Kan, Feng Min – 1990
This paper investigates the change in women workers' position in the labor market in China since economic reforms were started 10 years ago. The reforms which granted enterprises more decision-making power and caused the Chinese government to stop subsidizing maternity leave, time off for breast feeding, and nursery school, resulted in enterprises…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
