Abstract

We estimate the labor income process faced by Chinese workers in three distinct sectors. Agricultural workers experience the highest level of income risk and the lowest average income, whereas those in the private sector face significantly greater risk and lower average income compared to their non-private sector counterparts. We find a substantial increase in inequality across sectors, instead of increasing risk within sectors.

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