Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point:Evidence from Poor Regions
中国经济到了刘易斯转折点了吗?——-来自贫困地区的证据

In the past several years,labor shortage has become an emerging issue,particularly in the coastal region. However,there is a heated debate on whether China has passed the Lewis turning point and entered a new era of labor shortage. Most empirical studies on this topic focus on the estimation of total labor supply and demand. Because of the poor quality of labor statistics,the debate is hardly reconciled. The wage rate data is more accurate than employment data. In this paper,the evolving patterns of wage ra...