published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

published_or_final_version / Urban Studies / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Wu Kaihang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-117). / ABSTRACT / ACKNOWLEDGMENT / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background and Aims of Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Data Set --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Sichuan:An Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overall Income Distribution in Rural China --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1a --- Income concepts --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1b --- Inequality and Polarization --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Sources of Inequality --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Equivalence Scales of Sichuan --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- Estimation of the Engel Model --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Equivalence Scales of Sichuan --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Comparison with other studies --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Income Distribution in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Trend of inequality in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1a --- Inequality indices --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1b --- Trend of inequality in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2 --- Trends of polarization in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2a --- Polarization index --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2b --- Trends of polarization in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.67 / Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison of inequality with other studies --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4a --- Comparison of absolute inequality level --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4b --- Comparison of trend of inequality with other studies --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Contribution of Rural Industry to Inequality --- p.79 / Chapter 5.1 --- Factor Decomposition Rules of Inequality Indices --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2 --- Factor Contribution to Inequality --- p.81 / Chapter 5.2a --- Present Estimates of the Factor Contributions to Inequality --- p.81 / Chapter 5.2b --- Comparison of Factor Contribution to Inequality with Other Studies --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3 --- Breakdown of Factor Contributions to Inequality --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4 --- Contribution of Rural Industry to Inequality and Its Level of Development --- p.87 / Chapter 5.5 --- Household Non-agriculture Activities versus Wage Jobs --- p.88 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.108 / REFERENCES --- p.112 / APPENDIXES --- p.118 / Appendix 1 The Data Set --- p.119 / Chapter A1.1 --- The Data Set --- p.119 / Chapter A1.2 --- Data Validation --- p.122 / Chapter A1.3 --- Adjustment of the Data Set --- p.123 / Appendix 2a Notations of the Equations in the Text --- p.130 / Appendix 2b Notations in the Text --- p.132 / Appendix 3 Gini Index and the Class of General Entropy Indices --- p.133

周金燕. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-161) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhou Jinyan.

published_or_final_version / Economics / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Chi Him Roger Yip. / Thesis submitted in 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-137). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Acknowledgment --- p.1 / Abstract --- p.2 / CONTENTS --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction and Overview --- p.5 / Chapter I. --- Age-earnings profiles --- p.6 / Chapter II. --- An overview of the thesis --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.25 / Chapter I. --- Human capital as a determinant of earnings --- p.25 / Chapter A. --- The early roots: Adam Smith --- p.25 / Chapter B. --- Rapid development in human capital theory in the late 20th century --- p.27 / Chapter II. --- Empirical labour economics: Mincer's statistical earnings function --- p.29 / Chapter A. --- Development of the statistical earnings function --- p.29 / Chapter B. --- The problem of ability bias --- p.32 / Chapter III. --- Empirical Evidence --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Data Sets and the Variables Available --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Earnings Variations among Working Men --- p.40 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.40 / Chapter II. --- "Earnings Function, and Estimation Results" --- p.42 / Chapter III. --- Summing-up --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Contribution of Educational Fields to Earnings --- p.53 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.53 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with educational fields as dummy variables --- p.63 / Chapter III. --- Summing-up --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Earnings Variations by Industries --- p.78 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.78 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with industries as dummy variables --- p.83 / Chapter III. --- Contribution of educational fields to earnings --- p.90 / Chapter IV. --- Summing-up --- p.106 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Earnings Variations by Occupations --- p.107 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.107 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with occupations as dummy variables --- p.112 / Chapter III. --- Contribution of educational fields to earnings --- p.118 / Chapter IV. --- Summing-up --- p.131 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.132 / Bibliography --- p.134

本文主要研究實際匯率出口彈性對中國貧富懸殊的影響。我們使用了二十八個省份從1995年至2008年的數據。結果顯示實際匯率出口彈性愈高的省份其城鄉收入差距就會愈廣。另外，我們使用了各省的加工出口比例作為實際匯率出口彈性的工具變量。 / 本文主要的貢獻在於分別地考慮出口數量和出口的商品種類來研究開放度對貧富懸殊的關係。在分開了出口數量和出口商品的種類對貧富懸殊的影響後，我們發現數據中呈現的中國對外開放度和貧富懸殊的正向關係，是基於出口商品的種類改變，而非如以前的文獻所說，是基於出口量的增長。因此，要決定一個省份的城鄉收入差距，該省份生產甚麼比其生產數量更重要。 / This paper investigates the effect of export elasticity to real exchange rate and on urban-rural income disparity in China. We use annual data from 28 provinces from 1995 to 2008. The main finding is that provinces producing more elastic exported goods would have a higher urban-rural income inequality. We also construct the processing export ratio as an instrumental variable for the elasticity terms. / One main contribution of this paper is to consider separately the effect of export value and the composition of exports when we examine the relationship between openness and income inequality. After separating the effect of export value and the composition of exports, we find that the positive relationship between openness and income inequality mentioned in previous literature is caused by a change in export composition, rather than in export value. Hence, what the provinces produce matters much more than how much they produce when we determine urban-rural income inequality. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Chan, Ying Tung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-34). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.II / 摘要 --- p.III / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.IV / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- OPENNESS AND INEQUALITY --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- COMPOSITION OF INCOME INEQUALITY IN CHINA --- p.2 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEWS --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- LITERATURE ON THE CAUSE OF INCOME INEQUALITY IN CHINA --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- LITERATURE ON THE EFFECT OF OPENNESS ON INCOME INEQUALITY IN CHINA --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- LITERATURE ON THE COMPOSITION OF EXPORTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- DATA --- p.11 / Chapter 4 --- REGRESSION MODEL --- p.12 / Chapter 4.1 --- REGRESSION RESULT (WITHOUT THE ELASTICITY TERM) --- p.15 / Chapter 4.2 --- ROLLING REGRESSION FOR ESTIMATING THE ELASTICITY TERMS --- p.17 / Chapter 4.3 --- REGRESSION RESULT OF REGRESSION (1) --- p.19 / Chapter 4.4 --- INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE FOR THE ELASTICITY TERM --- p.20 / Chapter 4.5 --- REGRESSION RESULT AFTER USING TWO-STAGE LEAST SQUARE (2SLS) --- p.23 / Chapter 5 --- DISCUSSION --- p.24 / Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.29 / REFERENCES --- p.32

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Economics

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences