The economics of communist party membership: The curious case of rising numbers and wage premium during China's transition

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-275

  Appleton, Simon ^a   Knight, John ^b   Song, Lina ^a   Xia, Qingjie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROBABILITY; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58049115524     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802264739     Document Type: Article

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