Ownership, organization, and income inequality: Market transition in rural Vietnam

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-269

  Walder, Andrew G ^a   Nguyen, Giang Hoang ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 57749122684     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300204     Document Type: Article

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