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By using qualitative data collected in three representative Chinese cities and quantitative data from a countrywide survey, in this study, we synthesized the conventionally competing arguments from the state-c...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:13
Published on: 3 August 2017
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Economists have used the mechanism of interjurisdictional competition to explain how decentralization affects the degree of property rights protection. This fails however to account for another significant que...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:12
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Interethnic marriage is a key field in ethnic relations study. A high level of interethnic marriage only occurs in a multiethnic society in which the political system, economic structure, laws, and cultural en...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:11
Published on: 8 July 2017
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The phenomenon of ken lao embodies the structural tension and intergenerational ambivalence in transitional Chinese families. Two kinds of families in Shanghai that rely on parents are compared, including attitud...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:10
Published on: 30 June 2017
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Since the implementation of China’s one-child family planning policy in 1980, the fertility culture and governmental institutions have become two important factors that determine women’s fertility selection. I...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:9
Published on: 29 June 2017
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Although it is commonly believed that immigration leads to a high crime rate, this relationship is far from conclusive. This paper contributes to this line of research by exploring the case of China, a country...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:8
Published on: 18 May 2017
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In 2000, the Chinese government initiated a campaign to develop Western China and reduce local and regional inequality. Privatisation has been a central component of the campaign. This article studies the rela...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:7
Published on: 11 May 2017
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Interfirm networks are one of the core modes of corporate governance. However, its formation mechanism is not clearly and adequately delineated. This article highlights the significance of property rights to t...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:6
Published on: 20 April 2017
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Contributing to contemporary studies on knowledge workers, this paper aims to conceptualize the four critical challenges for editors in the Chinese publishing industry under the framework of political economy....
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:5
Published on: 18 April 2017
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Based on basic organizational theories, this paper revisits studies about intergovernmental relationships in China and proposes a systematic explanation framework from the perspective of the allocation mechani...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:4
Published on: 8 March 2017
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This study aims to explore the impact of social resources within the workplace on individuals' income level among Chinese urban residents, using data provided by JSNET2009. To adequately address the endogeneit...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:3
Published on: 3 March 2017
Editorial
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:2
Published on: 6 January 2017
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Gender and gender ideology have gained increasing attention from researchers in contemporary social sciences. In recent years, some research evidence also indicates that children can affect parents’ social val...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:1
Published on: 5 January 2017
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Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Study and county- and industry-level statistics, we estimate cross-classified multilevel models to examine the determinants of the income gap among Chinese workers. ...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:28
Published on: 22 November 2016
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This article explores young Chinese women’s attitudes to and practices of filial piety in northern China. It applies the concept of ‘family practices’ and ‘displaying family’ to the Chinese context through the...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:27
Published on: 20 October 2016
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In the transnational and digital era, the Internet plays an important role in the postmigration lives of many older migrants. This article explores how Internet use contributes to the quality of life of older ...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:26
Published on: 7 October 2016
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This article brings together two different approaches in the new economic sociology—structural embeddedness and cultural embeddedness—to understand the transformation and development of a market. Markets are c...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:25
Published on: 6 October 2016
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The aim of this study is to investigate the influences of the socioeconomic status of both older parents and their children on coresidential living arrangements, hence the microlevel mechanism of the formation...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:24
Published on: 17 September 2016
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Having incorporated the characteristics of Chinese politics, this article puts forward an exploratory analytic framework for understanding protest success and points out how political opportunities and protest...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:23
Published on: 14 September 2016
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This paper discusses at the microlevel the educational inequality resulting from the cutoff birthdate regulation in the current primary school admission system. According to our research, among the students wh...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:22
Published on: 8 September 2016
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This paper concerns women’s life chances by investigating the relationship between women’s employment status and their subjective well-being. Based on the segmented labor market structure in urban China, we di...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:21
Published on: 2 September 2016
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This paper investigates how natural-resource endowments affect the provision of local public goods in China. According to fiscal sociology, due to the rentier effect, resource-rich local governments tend to ha...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:20
Published on: 17 August 2016
Research
Many existing studies focus on disputes and resolutions but often overlook the transformation of disputes. Based on an analysis of case filing, this article explains how various factors of daily life enter the...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:19
Published on: 17 August 2016
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This article examines the cooperation and conflicts in the “intergenerational parenting coalition,” the practice of joint caregiving by parents and grandparents that is prevalent among contemporary urban Chine...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:18
Published on: 3 August 2016
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Drawing from the data collected in the 2010 China Family Panel Study (CFPS) baseline survey, this paper studies the changing divorce pattern in Chinese marriages as a whole and for four cohorts. We find an inv...
The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2016 3:17
Published on: 1 August 2016
