This collection of papers is from Palgrave's journal Comparative Economic Studies, carefully selected by a team of expert editors, this volumes collates the most sophisticated works to provide the readers with an essential guide to the economic development of China.

This collection of papers is from Palgrave's journal Comparative Economic Studies, carefully selected by a team of expert editors, this volumes collates the most sophisticated works to provide the readers with an essential guide to the economic development of China.

1. Dual-Track and Mandatory Quota in China's Price Reform; Anthony Y C Koo, Norman P Obst 2. State-Owned versus Township and Village Enterprises in China; Enrico C Perotti, Laixiang Sun, Liang Zou 3. China's Agricultural Crisis and Famine of 1959–1961: A Survey and Comparison to Soviet Famines; Dennis Tao Yang 4. Labor Reform in China: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones; Margaret Maurer-Fazio 5. The Changing Role of Money in China and Its Implications; Carsten A Holz 6. Public Infrastructure Development in China; Shuanglin Lin 7. The Structure of Chinese Industry and the Impact from China's WTO Entry free; Aimin Chen 8. Economic Consequences of Urbanisation and Urbanisation Policy in China; Josef C Brada, Belton M Fleisher, Scott Rozelle, Johan Swinnen 9. The Role of the State in China's Industrial Development: A Reassessment free; Alberto Gabriele 10. China's Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate; Aaron Mehrotra, José R Sánchez-Fung 11. Individual Perceptions of Distributional Fairness in China; John A Bishop, Haiyong Liu, Zichong Qu 12. Challenges to China's Policy: Structural Change; Helmut Wagner 13. Sectoral Productivity and Regional Disparities in China, 1978–2006; Kiril Tochkov, Wenting Yu 14. How Has China's Economic Emergence Contributed to the Field of Economics?; Gary H Jefferson 15. Reforming China's SOE's: An Overview; Weiye Li, Louis Putterman 16. Effect of Migration on Children's Educational Performance in Rural China; X Chen, Q. Huang, S. Rozelle, Y. Shi, L. Zhang