Examining the Factors Affecting Personal Income: An Empirical Study Based on Survey Data in Chinese Cities
Examining the Factors Affecting Personal Income: An Empirical Study Based on Survey Data in Chinese Cities作者机构:Graduate School of Economics Kobe University Nada Kobe 657-8501 Japan Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration Kobe University Nada Kobe 657-8501 Japan
出 版 物:《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学(英文版))
年 卷 期:2017年第12卷第4期
页 面:515-544页
学科分类:0303[法学-社会学] 0302[法学-政治学] 03[法学]
基 金:Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS (15K03353)
主 题:personal income earning function urban China discrimination
摘 要:This paper empirically analyzes the factors affecting personal income in urban China using survey data of the "Preference and Life Satisfaction Survey" conducted by the Global COE project of Osaka University from 2009 to 2013. We consider education level as an endogenous variable, and both ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and instrumental variable (IV) regression are performed. We find a number of factors, such as sex, age, education, and marriage that significantly affect personal income. In addition, differences between different occupations are also investigated.