The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China's Transition

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作者：
Appleton, Simon [1 ]
Knight, John [2 ]
Song, Lina [3 ]
Xia, Qingjie [4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Nottingham, Sch Econ, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Econ, Oxford OX1 2JD, England
[3] Univ Nottingham, Sch Sociol & Social Policy, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[4] Peking Univ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 2009年 / 45卷 / 02期
关键词：
MARKET TRANSITION; URBAN CHINA; INEQUALITY; STRATIFICATION; DETERMINANTS; EARNINGS; SAMPLE; TWINS; BIAS;
D O I：
10.1080/00220380802264739
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have membership and the economic benefits of joining risen? We use three national household surveys over 11 years to answer this question for wages in urban China. Individual demand for Party membership is treated as an investment in 'political capital' that brings monetary rewards in terms of a wage premium that has risen in recent years. However, this does not explain why the wage premium is higher for the personal characteristics that reduce the probability of membership. Rationing with a scarcity value for members with those characteristics provides an explanation.
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页码：256 / 275
页数：20
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