▪ Abstract This review examines research on education and inequality in developing
regions. In tracing the progress of this field of inquiry, it focuses on empirical studies of …

▪ Abstract This essay reviews post-1980 research on class stratification, socio-economic
inequalities, and social mobility in the People's Republic of China. Chinese class …

Using panel data of 4,730 urban residents drawn from 20 cities in China, this article
examines changes in income determinants between the prereform and reform eras. To …

Chinese economic reform is marked by an ideological and factual change from
egalitarianism to “let some people get rich first”. How do Chinese people perceive the …

From 1967 to 1978, the state “send-down” policy in the People's Republic of China forced 17
million urban youth to live and work in rural areas. We examine the life experiences of the …

The Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), launched jointly since 2003 by Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology and Renmin University, continued to be jointly …

What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an
undemocratic, late developing country as China? To answer this profound political as well …

Drawing upon equity and gender theories, we investigate Chinese couples' perceived
fairness of the wife's disproportionately heavy household responsibility. Data come from in …

Recent research on career mobility under communism suggests that party membership and
education may have had different effects in administrative and professional careers. Using …

This book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing
the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. Using a dozen, recent national surveys …