Social change

Handbook of Contemporary China

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-89

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China, economic reform; Elite transformation; Household registration; Institutional transitions; Labor markets; Post socialism; Social inequality; Social structure; Work units

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971254415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814350099_0003     Document Type: Chapter

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