“…Inspired by the possibility that market transition could reveal the processes through which economic and social institutions shape social inequality, sociologists have explored the impact of sweeping market reforms on different aspects of social stratification (see Keister and Borelli, 2012 for a recent review). Many studies address intra-generational processes of inequality, such as the relative effects of political, human, and social capital, gender, and structural change on earnings, employment, and other labor market outcomes (Bian and Logan, 1996; Domański, 2005; Gerber and Mayorova, 2010; Gerber, 2012, 2006, 2002, 2000a; Nee and Opper, 2010; Nee, 1996, 1991, 1989; Róna-Tas, 1994; Trapido, 2007; Verhoeven et al, 2005; Walder, 2003, 2002; Wu and Xie, 2003; Wu, 2006; Xie and Hannum, 1996; Zhao and Zhou, 2002; Zhou et al, 1997). …”