As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have membership and the economic benefits of joining risen? We use three national household surveys over 11 years to answer this question for wages in urban China. Individual demand for Party membership...

An urban labour market is in the process of being formed in China. The objective of this paper is to analyse the stage that it has reached. A 1999 household survey is used to investigate whether the labour market has three tiers comprised of recently retrenched and re-employed urban workers,...

This paper provides an overview of research on income inequality in China over the period of economic reform. It presents the results of two main sources of evidence on income inequality and, assisted by various decompositions, explains the reasons income inequality has increased rapidly and the...

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorbemerkung zur 1. Auflage -- Vorbemerkung zur 2. Auflage -- Einleitung -- KAPITEL I. Aus der Frühgeschichte der Wissenschaft -- KAPITEL II. Aus der Geschichte der griechischen Wissenschaft -- KAPITEL III. Zwischen Griechenland und Renaissance -- KAPITEL...

Summary Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to have been low, but not exceptionally so, by international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in other countries. These include, inter alia,...