Employment in the Chinese industrial state enterprise sector is multifaceted. The bulk consists of regular state workers. Quite apart from the recent contract workers, however, such employment also consists of members of large and small collectives for which the state enterprises is the patron...

The vigorous growth of the Chinese economy together with its increasingly successful role in international trade may have profoundly impacted developing countries. This study examines the large increase in the international trade exposure of the Brazilian economy during 2000-2012 to assess the...