The Value of Power in China: How Do Party Membership and Social Networks Affect Pay in Different Ownership Sectors?

Shuang Li, Ming Lu and Hiroshi Sato ()

Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: Party membership and social networks, as two forms of nonmarket power, have significant effects on personal income. Do the effects vary across different ownership sectors (suoyouzhi xingzhi)? Using a nationally representative survey of urban households (China Household Income Project surveys in 1995 and 2002), we find that (1) party membership can significantly increase personal income, but this effect does not significantly differ between different ownership sectors or between the years 1995 and 2002 and (2) social networks are insignificant in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), while they contribute significantly to personal income in non-SOE sectors.

Keywords: Income; Party membership; Social networks; Ownership; Maketization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J40 O15 P26 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-11
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