Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational … employ data from the three most recent population censuses of China to explore differences in the labor force participation … rates of a number of China’s important ethnic groups. We estimate urban labor force participation rates using probit …

China’s industrial sector: state enterprises, collective enterprises, and private enterprises. Market-oriented economic …

enterprise culture. As a result Myanmar has not shared in the rapid rise in income in Asia. China is another example. Once …

small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in two large cities in Western China examines the changes in SME behaviors since … institutions during China's transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. Guanxi became relatively less important when …

China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of … domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown … to cover over 40 products including water-saving products. Further, in 2005, China started a mandatory energy information …

In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … the first half of 2007, when the draft standard was completed under the direction of the China National Institute of … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …

The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS … (under development). Before 2003, China's traditional approach to standards development involved small increases in …