Counting cadres: A comparative view of the size of China's public employment

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 211, 2012, Pages 676-696

  Ang, Yuen Yuen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bianzhi; Bureaucracy; Chinese state statistics; Overstaffing; Public employment; Size of government; State capacity

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH RATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84870014747     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741012000884     Document Type: Article

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