Self-employment in urban China: Networking in a transition economy.

Journal article

This paper investigates the relationship between self-employment and social networks in urban China, an economy rife with informational and institutional imperfections, under-developed financial markets, but a growing and important non-state sector. Having a social network can help the self-employed access supply and credit networks, and assist in navigating an uncertain institutional environment where permissions and licenses often require inter-personal relationships to facilitate and reduc...

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Authors: Yueh, L

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: China Economic Review
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 471 - 484
• Publication date: 2009-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.01.002
• ISSN: 1043-951X
• Language: English