This article employs a common general formula for inequality indexes to answer several
basic questions about intercountry income inequality in recent decades: Has inequality …

China's urban land reforms are being implemented within a framework of general economic
reforms which are gradualist in nature. Thus, the urban land reforms are moving step by step …

The demise of centrally planned economies and the global resurgence of markets in the
closing decades of the twentieth century have profound implications for sociological theory …

Over the three decades to the late 1990s an increasing number of countries in the Asian
region experienced industrialisation and rapid economic growth. Within their populations …

China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have achieved significant growth and productivity
gains without privatization. Despite that, the regime has since late 1993 been forced to put …

内容提要: 混合经济的背景下, 从国有部门向非国有部门的工作转换作为市场转型过程的外显
表现, 既是一种十分突出的结构性变迁, 同时又反映了市场化进程中分层秩序的变化 …

This research examines the relationship between bonds to one's work unit (danwei) in
China and official criminal status, as reflected in placement in a correctional facility. The …

Studies of employment work rewards in urban China indicate that workers' accessibility to
material resources varies significantly by their occupations and affiliated work units. Survey …

This article examines the role of China's rural township and village governments in welfare
provision. In it, I first describe the role of local officials in the promotion of collective and …

The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech
and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their …