By contrast, wages in the middle and lower portion of the wage distribution have been more stagnant, and for some occupational categories, wages have even declined over this period, particularly between 2000 and 2009.

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No information is provided on the geographic distribution of respondents or employment size (in their last minimum wage study, it appears that over 20% had no employees).

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For instance, with assistance of rapid increase in wage rates, expected interest rate liberalization and further reforms, China is probably close to a turning point when income distribution switches from deterioration to improvement.

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