Abstract Have workers of minority status suffered labour market discrimination in China? Do all actors the state sector discriminate against workers? What are rationales for discrimination? To address these questions, I compare two ethnic groups (Han Chinese and Uyghur) with regard to job attainment sector. Data from a 2005 survey (N = 2,947) conducted Ürümchi, China. analysis shows that controlling background characteristics does not remove Uyghur–Han difference firms. However, there is no...

Though central to the market transition debate, effect of institutional realignment on stratification order has not been adequately addressed. I reformulate hypotheses and use data from a recent survey in Chinese city test theory path dependence arguments. make linkage between literatures labor segmentation transition. show different returns human political capital private state sectors urban China. My research suggests modifications conceptual issues used debate.

Abstract This article asks: is the cost of being Uyghurs higher for young than old in Ürümchi? I address this question with data from a survey 2,947 people conducted Ürümchi 2005. The refers to extent economic inequality earnings Han Chinese and Uyghurs. develop three hypotheses on effect age differentials between Data analyses show that although are better educated earn more Uyghurs, they likely suffer Ürümchi. finding has policy implications reduction ethnic disparity Xinjiang.

Using a data set ( N = 1,600) collected in the city of Urumchi 2005, this article examines ethnic differences arranged marriages urban China. Data analysis shows rapid decline parental arrangement for both Uyghur Muslims and Han Chinese Urumchi. are less likely than to report marriages, with main background characteristics being controlled. However, between men fade away when controlled, whereas no similar patterns found among women. These findings indicate that women have lower degree...

This study of the state frontline workforce breaks new ground by conducting an institutional analysis rule abidance in People's Republic China ( PRC ). We draw upon a survey n = 1,721) Chengguan officers, main players regulatory enforcement civil law urban China, to explore influence autocratic one‐party on meaning and variation China. The majority officers are followers, demographic differences show little deviation from this norm. However, factors associated with rule, particularly upward...

Summary Institutional analyses of the developmental state claim that principal source capacity is internal cohesiveness, which defined as tendency for rank and file civil service to be in unity while working together towards national goals. In literature on China model, strong Chinese has been taken granted, cohesiveness bureaucracy not problematized. This knowledge gap narrowed by studying data Bureau Urban Management (i.e. Chengguan) China. Recent studies are reviewed bureaucratic logics...

Research Article| August 01 1993 The Fourteenth Central Committee of the CCP: Technocracy or Political Technocracy? Xiaowei Zang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1993) 33 (8): 787–803. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645088 Views Icon Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Get Permissions Cite Citation Zang; Technocracy?. 1 1993; doi: Download citation file: Ris (Zotero)...

I examine the role of network resources in job search urban China between 1988 and 2000. Data are from a recent survey Chinese city. show that personal networks still contribute positively to post-1988 period. Network mobilized influence both access information assistance attainment. However, seekers without university education have greater incentives than college graduates use search. These findings allow me reflect upon four issues research: (1) social contacts for competitive labour...

Using data from 1991 Housing and Location Preferences surveys of Sydney Melbourne this paper examines the main sociological correlates residential mobility. The research was designed partly to test Rossi's hypo thesis about mobility, that people move adjust their housing fit changing household needs with progression through life-cycle. findings show in Australia mobility families is significantly related life-cycle changes accompany it. are also consistent other demographic, social economic...

Using a data set on 107 large Chinese firms, I examine inter-firm connectedness in Singapore. The analysis shows that firms Singapore exhibit different levels of networking activities. are owned by family have huge assets, good financial standing and at the centre business networks Big interlock with one another under influence culture stresses importance reputation ownership Personalism is useful framework for gaining understanding relations East Southeast Asia.

Research Article| June 01 1991 Provincial Elite in Post-Mao China Xiaowei Zang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (6): 512–525. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645080 Views Icon Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Get Permissions Cite Citation Zang; China. 1 1991; doi: Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote...

Abstract This paper examines the effect of gender roles on earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs in Ürümchi, China, using survey data (N = 1,600) from Ürümchi 2005. It finds sizeable Uyghurs. However, differences income Uyghur men fade away when socioeconomic variables are controlled for. No similar patterns found among women. Earnings women disappear after measures for family responsibilities introduced into equation. The status underlie aggregate inequality Chinese.

Abstract Rising Uyghur ethnic consciousness in the post-1978 era is believed to cause tense Uyghur-Han relations and conflicts Xinjiang. There are different accounts linking rising with variables such as Han migration into Xinjiang, inequalities, language, Islamic religiosity. Yet there no concrete effort summarize, elaborate, verify these accounts. Nor a quantitative study of levels Using data from survey (N = 799) conducted Ürümchi 2007, this paper shows high level among Uyghurs. It also...