Public housing into private assets: Wealth creation in urban China

Social Science Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-99

  Walder, Andrew G ^a   He, Xiaobin ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inequality; Market transition; Privatization; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; GOVERNMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GOVERNMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; OCCUPATIONS; OWNERSHIP; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897784348     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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