Björn A. Gustafsson is a Senior Professor at the Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg.Reza Hasmath is a Full Professor in Political Science at the University of Alberta.Sai Ding is Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

• 1 Ethnicity and inequality in China: An introduction 1BJÖRN A. GUSTAFSSON, REZA HASMATH AND SAI DING2 Ethnic income gaps in seven rural regions of China 25BJÖRN A. GUSTAFSSON AND SAI DING3 Linguistic capital: Links to information access and economic opportunity among rural young adults in minority areas in China 61EMILY HANNUM AND HUA-YU SEBASTIAN CHERNG4 Ethnic minority group differences in the transitions from work to “retirement” of western China’s rural elders 82RACHEL CONNELLY AND MARGARET MAURER-FAZIO5 The redistributive impact of pro-rural policies in the western ethnic minority regions of China 110HIROSHI SATO AND YANZHONG WANG6 Rural public goods provision in the western ethnic minority regions of China 134KEQIANG LI AND HIROSHI SATO7 Minorities in rural China: Poorer but inherently happier? 161JOHN KNIGHT, LI SHI AND YUAN CHANG8 Labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in urban China 185SYLVIE DÉMURGER9 Discrimination in ethnic minority earnings? evidence from urban China 216ANDREW MACDONALD AND REZA HASMATH10 Determinants of Han-minority urban income inequality 233SAMUEL L. MYERS, JR., KEQIANG LI, YUANCHENG LI, GREGORY N. PRICE AND MAN XU11 Investigating the patterns and determinants of Han and ethnic minority household migration in China 259ANTHONY HOWELL, SAI DING AND BJÖRN A. GUSTAFSSON12 Poverty among Han and ethnic minorities in seven regions of China 283BJÖRN A. GUSTAFSSON, SAI DING AND HIROSHI SATOMethodological considerations: Overview of Chinese Household Ethnicity Survey 2011 316

"This is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded research into a wide range of issues on ethnicity and inequality in China. The contributors, who are established scholars and emerging young research stars in the field, turn a reflective and critical eye on changes and challenges in ethnic policies and practices in China. A gift to teachers, researchers, policy analysts, and students interested in ethnicity in China." - Professor Xiaowei Zang, City University of Hong Kong