Xiuna Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 5133485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiuna Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiuna |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Business School, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinwai Str., Haidian District, Beijing 100875, P.R. China |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6937-3214 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Catching Up with the West
Using nationwide household survey data for 2002 and 2013, we investigate how widely Chinese household incomes had caught up to those of the middle class in the developed world by 2013, the year Xi Jinping came to power. Based on the living standards of the middle-income class in the European Union as our standard of comparison, we estimate that China’s “global middle class” with a similar living standard grew rapidly after 2002, reaching 254 mill…
Earnings among nine ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China's cities
This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, Tibetan, Mongol and Korean. It also asks how earnings premiums and earnings penalties have changed for the nine ethnic minorities. For the analysis we use a subsample of the 2005 China's Inter-Census Survey. We find examples of three different change…
Are China’s ethnic minorities less likely to move
This study uses China’s Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyze the extent migration behavior among 14 large ethnic minority groups and the Han majority. Results show that the probability to migrate to all types of destinations varies by province of origin, decreases by age, and in most cases, by expected income at the origin. Furthermore, the probability to migrate is found to typically increase by length of education and decrease for females by the…
Earnings among nine ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China's cities
This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, Tibetan, Mongol and Korean. It also asks how earnings premiums and earnings penalties have changed for the nine ethnic minorities. For the analysis we use a subsample of the 2005 China's Inter-Census Survey. We find examples of three different change…
Are China’s ethnic minorities less likely to move
This study uses China’s Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyze the extent migration behavior among 14 large ethnic minority groups and the Han majority. Results show that the probability to migrate to all types of destinations varies by province of origin, decreases by age, and in most cases, by expected income at the origin. Furthermore, the probability to migrate is found to typically increase by length of education and decrease for females by the…
Catching Up with the West
Using nationwide household survey data for 2002 and 2013, we investigate how widely Chinese household incomes had caught up to those of the middle class in the developed world by 2013, the year Xi Jinping came to power. Based on the living standards of the middle-income class in the European Union as our standard of comparison, we estimate that China’s “global middle class” with a similar living standard grew rapidly after 2002, reaching 254 mill…
Are China’s ethnic minorities less likely to move
This study uses China’s Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyze the extent migration behavior among 14 large ethnic minority groups and the Han majority. Results show that the probability to migrate to all types of destinations varies by province of origin, decreases by age, and in most cases, by expected income at the origin. Furthermore, the probability to migrate is found to typically increase by length of education and decrease for females by the…
Earnings among nine ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China's cities
This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, Tibetan, Mongol and Korean. It also asks how earnings premiums and earnings penalties have changed for the nine ethnic minorities. For the analysis we use a subsample of the 2005 China's Inter-Census Survey. We find examples of three different change…
Catching Up with the West
Using nationwide household survey data for 2002 and 2013, we investigate how widely Chinese household incomes had caught up to those of the middle class in the developed world by 2013, the year Xi Jinping came to power. Based on the living standards of the middle-income class in the European Union as our standard of comparison, we estimate that China’s “global middle class” with a similar living standard grew rapidly after 2002, reaching 254 mill…
China (3 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Census (2 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Political science (2 works)