Q. Deng, S. Li

• Using CHIP and RUMCI dato for 1995, 2002, 2007 and 2008, Ms art-icle estirnates the extent oflow pay among local and ruml-migmnl workers in urban China. Based on a threshold of two-thirds of rnedian hourly wages, it finds that a high Overall proportion of urban employees are low-paid. While incidence remained relativelv stähle among locab betwecn 1995 and 2008, it declinedfor migrants from 2002 to 2007, though the latter were still mttch more likely to be in low-paid Jobs. After investigating the determinants and weif are implications oflow pay, the authors conchtde with an argumentfor snhsidized training, stricter minimitm wage enforce-ment and firrn-level wage bargaining.