relational, “soft” repression in China casts light on how social ties can demobilize as well as mobilize contention and ways in …

networks, i.e., guanxi. Using data from a detailed household survey in Northeast China, this paper shows that guanxi has a … significant impact on an individual's probability of securing a nonfarm job. Different types of guanxi have different effects on … the choice of a particular type of nonfarm job. Guanxi plays an important role in channeling labor market information, in …

exchange of emotional support, information and knowledge. Our findings show peer-to-peer interaction in SNSs create emotional … effects, which is consistent with the importance of social standing in China for fostering reciprocity in non-virtual business …

from China. We find strong evidence that peer effects exist and operate in a positive and nonlinear manner; reducing the …