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Performance spillovers and social network in the workplace : evidence from rural and urban weavers in a Chinese textile firm

Kato, Takao (contributor); Shu, Pian (contributor) - 2008

We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data we use are rather extraordinary - weekly data for rejection rates (proportion of defective output) for all weavers in a firm during a 12 months (April 2003-March 2004) period,...

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Life satisfaction in urban China : components and determinants

Song, Lina (contributor); Appleton, Simon (contributor) - 2008

Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by … international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in … ; China …

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Determinants of managerial values on corporate social responsibility : evidence from China

Zu, Liangrong (contributor); Song, Lina (contributor) - 2008

restructuring would sustain higher post-restructuring performance. -- Corporate social responsibility ; profit maximisation ; China …

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The economics of communist party membership : the curious case of rising numbers and wage premium during China's transition

Appleton, Simon; Knight, John B.; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2008

surveys, spanning eleven years, to answer this question with respect to labour market rewards in urban China. We conceptualize … characteristics. -- China ; Communist Party ; labour market ; economic transition ; wages …

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Growing out of poverty : trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988 - 2002

Appleton, Simon (contributor); Song, Lina (contributor); … - 2008

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … ; China …

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In search of gender bias in household resource allocation in rural China

Song, Lina (contributor) - 2008

This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether … allocation ; women ; bargaining power ; China …