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Simon Appleton is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of poverty, labor markets, health and education, with application to China and sub-Saharan Africa. His current research examines the impact of the financial crisis in China, the relation between school test scores and economic growth, and the dynamics of poverty and inequality. Some of the current research is being funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK and has been carried out within the Centre for Research on Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), based in the University of Nottingham. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, and Internal Fellow of the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. He is a member of the editorial boards the Journal of Development Studies and African Development Review. He has published in a range of journals including Economic Development and Cultural Change, the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of International Development, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and World Development.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2012. |
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IZA Discussion Papers:
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Qingjie Xia
Lina Song
Shi Li
Simon Appleton
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The Effects of the State Sector on Wage Inequality in Urban China: 1988–2007
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Simon Appleton
Lina Song
Qingjie Xia
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Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis
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Lina Song
Simon Appleton
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Social Protection and Migration in China: What Can Protect Migrants from Economic Uncertainty?
(published in: Ingrid Nielsen and Russell, Smyth (eds.) Migration and Social Protection in China, World Scientific Publishing, 2008) |
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Simon Appleton
Lina Song
Qingjie Xia
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Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002
(published in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 665-678) |
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Simon Appleton
John Knight
Lina Song
Qingjie Xia
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The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (2), 256-275) |
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Lina Song
Simon Appleton
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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
(published in: World Development, 2008, 36 (11), 2325-2340) |
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