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‘One Household/Two Systems’
Author(s) -
Wiemer Calla
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pacific economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1468-0106
pISSN - 1361-374X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0106.00159
Subject(s) - spouse , private sector , state (computer science) , work (physics) , economics , dual (grammatical number) , china , labour economics , demographic economics , economic growth , sociology , political science , mechanical engineering , art , literature , algorithm , anthropology , computer science , law , engineering
Under China’s dual‐track approach to reform, ‘one household/two systems’, or combining state and private employment within a family, connotes having the best of both worlds. Drawing upon work history data for 5000 households, the present study looks at who is employed in the private sector. Findings are that marriage to a state‐employed spouse actually reduces the probability of one’s holding a private sector job and that the effects of living with a state‐connected parent are mixed. Were households more actively pursuing a one‐household/two‐systems strategy, the transition from state dependence would be expedited.