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Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
In the past 20 years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350 per cent. Accompanying this unprecedented growth is a considerable increase in earnings inequality. Between 1988 and 2007 the variance of log earnings increased from 0.27 to 0.48, a 78 per cent increase. Using a unique set of repeated cross-sectional data this paper examines the causes of this increase in earnings inequality. We find that the major changes occurred in the 1990s when the labour market moved from a centrally planned system to a market oriented system. The decomposition exercise conducted in the paper identifies the factor that drives the significant increase in the earnings variance in the 1990s to be an increase in the within-education-experience cell residual variances. Such an increase may be explained mainly by the increase in the price of unobserved skills. When an economy shifts from an administratively determined wage system to a market-oriented one, rewards to both observed and unobserved skills increase. The turn of the century saw a slowing down of the reward to both the observed and unobserved skills, due largely to the college expansion program that occurred at the end of the 1990s.Earnings inequality, China
Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
In the past 20 years the average real earnings of Chinese urban male workers have increased by 350 per cent. Accompanying this unprecedented growth is a considerable increase in earnings inequality. Between 1988 and 2007 the variance of log earnings increased from 0.27 to 0.48, a 78 per cent increase. Using a unique set of repeated cross-sectional data this paper examines the causes of this increase in earnings inequality. We find that the major changes occurred in the 1990s when the labour market moved from a centrally planned system to a market oriented system. The decomposition exercise conducted in the paper identifies the factor that drives the significant increase in the earnings variance in the 1990s to be an increase in the within-education-experience cell residual variances. Such an increase may be explained mainly by the increase in the price of unobserved skills. When an economy shifts from an administratively determined wage system to a market-oriented one, rewards to both observed and unobserved skills increase. The turn of the century saw a slowing down of the reward to both the observed and unobserved skills, due largely to the college expansion program that occurred at the end of the 1990s.earnings inequality, China
Quantum Spin Liquid with Even Ising Gauge Field Structure on Kagome Lattice
Employing large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we study the extended
model on the kagome lattice. A quantum spin liquid phase
with effective even Ising gauge field structure emerges from the delicate
balance among three symmetry-breaking phases including stripe solid, staggered
solid and ferromagnet. This spin liquid is stabilized by an
extended interaction related to the Rokhsar-Kivelson potential in the quantum
dimer model limit. The phase transitions from the staggered solid to a spin
liquid or ferromagnet are found to be first order and so is the transition
between the stripe solid and ferromagnet. However, the transition between a
spin liquid and ferromagnet is found to be continuous and belongs to the 3D
universality class associated with the condensation of spinons. The
transition between a spin liquid and stripe solid appears to be continuous and
associated with the condensation of visons.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Deciphering Charging Status, Absolute Quantum Efficiency, and Absorption Cross Section of MultiCarrier States in Single Colloidal Quantum Dot
Upon photo- or electrical-excitation, colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are often
found in multi-carrier states due to multi-photon absorption and photo-charging
of the QDs. While many of these multi-carrier states are observed in single-dot
spectroscopy, their properties are not well studied due to random
charging/discharging, emission intensity intermittency, and uncontrolled
surface defects of single QD. Here we report in-situ deciphering the charging
status, and precisely assessing the absorption cross section, and determining
the absolute emission quantum yield of mono-exciton and biexciton states for
neutral, positively-charged, and negatively-charged single core/shell CdSe/CdS
QD. We uncover very different photon statistics of the three charge states in
single QD and unambiguously identify their charge sign together with the
information of their photoluminescence decay dynamics. We then show their
distinct photoluminescence saturation behaviors and evaluated the absolute
values of absorption cross sections and quantum efficiencies of monoexcitons
and biexcitons. We demonstrate that addition of an extra hole or electron in a
QD changes not only its emission properties but also varies its absorption
cross section
Superconductivity in pure and electron doped MgB2: Transport properties and pressure effects
The normal state and superconducting properties of MgB2 and Mg1-xAlxB2 are
discussed based on structural, transport, and high pressure experiments. The
positive Seebeck coefficient and its linear temperature dependence for Tc<T<160
K provide evidence that the low-temperature transport in MgB2 is due to
hole-like metallic carriers. Structural and transport data show the important
role of defects as indicated by the correlation of Tc, the residual resistance
ratio, and the microstrain extracted from x-ray spectra. The decrease of Tc
with hydrostatic pressure is well explained by the strong-coupling BCS theory.
The large scatter of the pressure coefficients of Tc for different MgB2
samples, however, cannot be explained within this theory. We speculate that
pressure may increase the defect density, particularly in samples with large
initial defect concentration.Comment: Presented at NATO Advanced Research Workshop "New Trends in
Superconductivity", Yalta (Ukraine) 16-20 September, 200
Spatial spillover effects in determining China\u27s regional CO2 emission growth : 2007-2010
This paper proposes an alternative input-output based spatial-structural decomposition analysis to elucidate the role of domestic-regional heterogeneity and interregional spillover effects in determining China\u27s regional CO2 emission growth. Our empirical results based on the 2007 and 2010 Chinese interregional input-output tables show that the changes in most regions\u27 final demand scale, final expenditure structure and export scale give positive spatial spillover effects on other regions\u27 CO2 emission growth, the changes in most regions\u27 consumption and export preference help the reduction of other regions\u27 CO2 emissions, the changes in production technology, and investment preference may give positive or negative impacts on other region\u27s CO2 emission growth through domestic supply chains. For some regions, the aggregate spillover effect from other regions may be larger than the intra-regional effect in determining regional emission growth. All these facts can significantly help better and deeper understanding on the driving forces of China\u27s regional CO2 emission growth, thus can enrich the policy implication concerning a narrow definition of "carbon leakage" through domestic-interregional trade, and relevant political consensus about the responsibility sharing between developed and developing regions inside China
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