Browsing by Author "Whyte, Martin"
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Attitudes and Beliefs about Distributive Justice in China
Im, Dong Kyun (2014-02-25)This dissertation examines the patterns of popular attitudes and beliefs about economic inequality and distributive justice in contemporary China. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework on social cognition and ... -
China’s Dormant and Active Social Volcanoes
Whyte, Martin (2016-01)China's leaders often claim that the rising tide of mass protests in recent years is primarily driven by popular anger over the widening gap between rich and poor. However, in a series of national surveys that I helped ... -
China’s Post-Socialist Inequality
Whyte, Martin K. (Current History, 2012) -
Food Production during the Transition to Capitalism: A Comparative Political Economy of Russia and China
Hamm, Patrick (2012-09-14)The principal analytical objective of this dissertation is the assessment of changes in the political economy of food production during the transition from socialism to capitalism in Russia and China. The dissertation is ... -
The Impact of China's Market Reforms on the Health of Chinese Citizens: Examining Two Puzzles
Whyte, Martin K.; Zhongxin, Sun (National University of Singapore, East Asian Institute, 2010)China's post-1978 market reforms were accompanied by a drastic decline in the coverage of the Chinese population by medical insurance as well as by sharp increases in charges for medical treatments, tests, and prescriptions. ... -
Paradoxes of China's Economic Boom
Whyte, Martin (Annual Reviews, 2009-08)China's stunning economic performance for the past three decades was not only unexpected but contradicts much received wisdom in the study of development. Four paradoxes posed by China's record are critically examined: (a) ... -
Suboptimal Institutions but Superior Growth: The Puzzle of China's Economic Boom
Whyte, Martin K. (Routledge, 2014) -
Towards a General Theory of Education-Based Inequality and Mobility: Who Wins and Loses Under China’s Educational Expansion, 1981-2010
Guo, Maocan (2015-05-16)My dissertation formally develops a theory of education-based inequality and mobility to integrate the existing theoretical accounts and results in the fields. The empirical puzzle I examine is why the triangle associations ...