Table of Contents:
  • China's rural industry : an introduction / William A. Byrd and Lin Qingsong
  • Research design, methodology, and data / William A. Byrd and Lin Qingsong
  • Causes of rapid rural industrial development / Du Haiyan
  • Development patterns in four counties / Jan Svejnar and Josephine Woo
  • Market interactions and industrial structure / William A. Byrd and N. Zhu
  • Development issues and policy choices / He Jiacheng
  • Ownership and status stratification / Luo Xiaopeng
  • Private enterprises : their emergence, rapid growth, and problems / Lin Qingsong
  • Entrepreneurship, capital, and ownership / William A. Byrd
  • Capital formation and utilization / Wang Xiaolu
  • Productive efficiency and employment / Jan Svejnar
  • Regional imbalances / Wang Tuoyu
  • TVP workers' incomes, incentives, and attitudes / Alan Gelb
  • The rural labor market / Meng Xin
  • Noneconomic determinants of workers' incomes / Wu Quhui, Wang Hansheng, and Xu Xinxin
  • The role of township governments in rural industrialization / Song Lina and Du He.
  • Why industrialize? : the incentives for rural community governments / William A. Byrd and Alan Gelb
  • Convergence : a comparison of township firms and local state enterprises / Song Lina
  • Chinese TVPs in an international perspective / Alan Gelb and Jan Svejnar.