In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and the East - China and Eastern Europe - in …

This paper estimates the returns to membership of the Chinese Communist Party using unique twins data we collected from … China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes … interpretation that Party membership not only has its own effect but also has an external effect on the sibling. …

economy, its membership has risen markedly along with the economic benefits of joining? We use three national household … surveys, spanning eleven years, to answer this question with respect to labour market rewards in urban China. We conceptualize … individual demand for Party membership as an investment in political capital that brings monetary rewards in terms of higher …

This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban China, paying careful attention to the potential … that while China has experienced rapid growth of absolute incomes, the relative position of children in the distribution is …, occupation, and Communist Party membership all play important roles in transmitting economic status from parents to children. …

The determinants of worker job satisfaction are estimated using a representative survey of three major cities in China … greater job satisfaction, a finding not previously reported. We confirm a positive role for membership in the communist party … but find that it exists only for non-migrants suggesting a club good aspect to membership. In contrast to earlier studies …

We document dramatic rising wages in China for the period 1978-2007 based on multiple sources of aggregate statistics …-intensive and labor-intensive industries have widened. Comparisons of international data show that China's manufacturing wage has … already converged to that of Asian emerging markets, but China still enjoys enormous labor cost advantages over its …

the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic … growth. It starts with a review of conceptions as well as the evolution of China's international trade regime and the policy … that China has taken in favor of trade sectors. In addition, China's international trade performance is analyzed …