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Communist Cadres and Market Opportunities: Entry into Self-employment in China, 1978-1996.
- Source :
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Social Forces . Sep2006, Vol. 85 Issue 1, p389-411. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This paper examines the patterns of entry into self-employment in urban and rural China and across different reform stages, focusing on how communist cadres have responded to new market opportunities. Analysis of data from a national representative survey shows that both education and cadre status deter people from entry into self-employment in urban areas but not in rural areas. However, urban cadres have become increasingly more likely to be self-employed over time, and only those who became self-employed in the late reform stage have enjoyed higher income returns. The paper concludes that the labor mobility process should be taken into account in studying changes in advantages/disadvantages associated with different social groups in post-socialist transition economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00377732
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Social Forces
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22490747