According to the authors, sectoral shifts of labour force in China, the socialist country with world's 22 percent of population, dominant state-owned enterprises, strong government control, and large spatial disparities should be different from that in many developing countries. They attempt to...

Since the founding of the PRC, the death rate in China has dropped tremendously, from 20 per 1000 in 1949 to 7 in 1973, and stabilized around 7 there after. Using data from Statistical Yearbook of Chinese Cities 1987, the authors examine mortality and health care planning in China's cities and...