This paper investigates the determinants of employment choice of rural migrant workers across state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and various subtypes of non-state owned enterprises (non-SOEs) by taking into account unobservable characteristics that link the choice to migrate with the choice of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reason for Chinese local officials' enthusiasm towards cultivating newly listed firms within their jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach – With new initial public offering (IPO) firms on the Chinese A‐share market over 1999‐2003...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reason for Chinese local officials' enthusiasm towards cultivating newly listed firms within their jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach–With new initial public offering (IPO) firms on the Chinese A-share market over 1999-2003 as...