1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Evolution and Effects Assessment of China’s Minimum Wage Policy -- 3. Minimum Wages in China: Standard and Implication -- 4. Minimum Wages and Employment in China -- 5. Impacts of Minimum Wages on Gender Wage Gaps in Urban China -- 6. The Impact of Minimum...

Hooked -- The five star factory -- The physical costs -- The gold rush -- The stirring masses -- The girls of room 817 -- Accounts and accountability -- Delivering the goods -- The future of the China price

Introduction / William J. Hurst, Thomas B. Gold, and Jaeyoun Won -- Broadening the debate on xiagang : policy origins and parallels in history / Lei Guang -- Xiagang and the geometry of urban political patronage in China : celebrated state (once-) workers and state chagrin / Dorothy J. Solinger...