Politics, growth, and inequality in rural China: Does it pay to join the Party?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-356

  Morduch, Jonathan ^a   Sicular, Terry ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; D31; Economic transition; Inequality; P21; P26; Political economy; Rural reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259425     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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