SELF-EMPLOYMENT WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: THE FORGOTTEN ENGINE OF RURAL CHINA'S GROWTH
This article sketches a picture of the self-employment sector in rural China and examines the nature of its emergence. Using a randomly selected, nationally representative household-level data set that contains detailed information on household self-employment activities, this article provides evidence that although the self-employed enterprises are small, they have grown fast, operate as relatively complex businesses, and perform well in a financially healthy way. These results, taken together with the pattern of the emergence of self-employed enterprises across China's regions, reveal that the expansion of self-employment is not symptomatic of a failing economy; instead it is a component of the dynamic development process that characterizes rural China during its reform period. "("JEL "J23, D21, O12)" Copyright 2006 Western Economic Association International.
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2006
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Authors: | ZHANG, JIAN ; ZHANG, LINXIU ; ROZELLE, SCOTT ; BOUCHER, STEVE |
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Contemporary Economic Policy. - Western Economic Association International - WEAI, ISSN 1074-3529. - Vol. 24.2006, 3, p. 446-458
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Western Economic Association International - WEAI |
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