Download or read book Towards a Labour Market in China written by John Knight and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's remarkable economic transition and capacity for dynamic growth has stunned the world. Throughout the period of economic reform, China has been moving towards the creation of a labour market. The scale of this transformation is unprecedented. New economic incentives, vast labour migration, draconian retrenchment of state workers, and sharply rising wage inequality are all characteristic of this unique transition. Drawing on more than a decade of survey-based research, the authors systematically document and analyse this important transformation. They use economic and sociological theory, institutional analysis and political economy to fully explain the causes, pressures, obstacles and consequences of the move towards a labour market in China. It is argued that much progress has been made towards the creation of a labour market but that the process is far from complete.
Download or read book Towards a Labour Market in China written by John B. Knight and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Because the subject is of such importance and general interest, the book is written for development economists, labour economists, transition economists, policy-makers, and those in development studies and comparative sociology as well as for China specialists."--Jacket.
Download or read book China s Labor Market in the New Normal written by Mr.Waikei W. Lam and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China implements reforms under the “new normal,” maintaining stability in the labor market is a priority. The country’s demography and labor dynamics are changing, after benefitting in past decades from ample cheap labor. So far, the labor market appears to be resilient, even as growth slows, driven in part by expansion of the services sector. Migrant flows and possible labor hoarding in overcapacity sectors may also help explain this. Yet, while the latter two factors help serve as shock absorbers— contributing to labor market stability in the short term—if they persist, they may delay the needed adjustment process, contributing to an inefficient allocation of resources and curtailing productivity gains. This paper quantifies to what extent structural trends and the reform pace affect employment growth under the new normal. Delays in reform implementation would weaken growth prospects in the medium term, running the risk that job creation will fall below policy targets, leading to labor market pressures in the future. In contrast, successful transition might require faster reforms, including in the overcapacity and state-owned enterprise sectors, supported by well targeted social safety nets.
Download or read book Labour Market Reform in China written by Xin Meng and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labour Market Reform in China documents and analyses institutional changes in the Chinese labour market over the last twenty-five years, and argues that further reform is necessary if China is to sustain its high growth rates. The book first assesses the problems associated with the pre-reform labour arrangements. It offers an in-depth analysis of the urban labour market and its impact on individual wage determination, ownership structure, labour compensation and labour demand and of social security reform. In its main chapters, the book investigates the impact of rural economic reform on rural labour market. Detailed consideration is given to the rural agricultural labour market, labour arrangement in the rural non-agricultural sector, and the wage gap between the rural agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. Finally, the book examines the phenomenon of rural-urban migration, its impact on rural and urban economic growth, and models its effect on urban employment, unemployment and earnings.
Download or read book The Workers State Meets the Market written by Sarah Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most dramatic changes to affect China in the 1990s is the upsurge in labour mobility and the emergence of a market-driven system of labour allocation, changes which profoundly affect the working environment and livelihoods of the Chinese people. Papers in this collection draw on a wide variety of data sources to analyse key elements of this transformation.
Download or read book Labor Market Issues in China written by Solomon W. Polachek and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After three decades of economic reform, China is experiencing substantial demographic changes and a steady structural transformation toward a market economy. This volume presents fresh knowledge on labor market issues in China including topics such as: occupational choice and mobility, over-qualification and hiring, cost of displacement, and the pe
Download or read book China s Labor Market Performance and Challenges written by Mr.Ray Brooks and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A more market-oriented labor market has emerged in China in the past twenty years with growing importance of the urban private sector, as state-owned enterprises have downsized. Despite the progress on reforms, a sizable surplus of labor still exists in the rural sector and state-owned enterprises. The main challenge facing China’s labor market in coming years is to absorb the surplus labor into quality jobs while adjusting to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. This paper estimates that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to about 10 percent over the next three to four years. These pressures would be limited by stronger economic growth, especially in the private sector and more labor-intensive service industries which have generated the most jobs in recent years. Therefore, policy should focus on encouraging private sector development while reducing barriers to labor mobility, improving worker skills, upgrading job search services, and strengthening the social safety net.
Download or read book Towards a Labour Market in China written by John B. Knight and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's remarkable economic transition and capacity for dynamic growth has stunned the world. Throughout the period of economic reform, China has been moving towards the creation of a labour market. The scale of this transformation is unprecedented. New economic incentives, vast labour migration, draconian retrenchment of state workers, and sharply rising wage inequality are all characteristic of this unique transition. Drawing on more than a decade of survey-based research, the authors systematically document and analyse this important transformation. They use economic and sociological theory, institutional analysis and political economy to fully explain the causes, pressures, obstacles and consequences of the move towards a labour market in China. It is argued that much progress has been made towards the creation of a labour market but that the process is far from complete.
Download or read book China s Labour Market 1950 2050 written by Jane Du and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Transition and Labor Market Reform in China written by Xinxin Ma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book empirically investigates the changes in labor market structure accompanying the labor market reform in China by focusing on the labor market segmentation problems from the 1980s to 2013. The book also aims to examine the effect of labor policy reforms on individual, household and enterprise behavior, including the causes and consequences of labor market reform in China, particularly the influences of labor policy reforms on labor market performance. Offering valuable insights into the changing structure of the Chinese economy, this book will be of interest to scholars, activists, and economists.
Download or read book China s Labor Market in the Transition written by Chen Ying and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China 1949 1957 written by Christopher Howe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971-07-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of China's urban employment problems between 1949 and 1957. Its main objectives are to analyse the size and determinants or urban employment change, and to trace the evolution both of Chinese thinking about employment and the institutions of labour control that reflected this thinking in day-to-day administration.
Download or read book China s Employment Challenges and Strategies After the WTO Accession written by Douglas Zhihua Zeng and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although China has made impressive progress in economic development and improving social well-being, it is facing many daunting challenges while transforming toward a knowledge and service-based economy and further opening up to international competition after its WTO accession in the context of knowledge revolution. One of the biggest challenges is how to create 100--300 million new jobs in the coming decade to absorb the millions of laid-offs, rural emigrants, and newly added labor force. China has been successful in building high-technology parks and information and communications technology (ICT) industries, but they are limited in terms of employment generation, while most of the traditional labor-intensive industries are losing competitiveness due to low productivity. To combat the unprecedented employment challenge, China must implement a systemic and sustained strategy ... " -- Cover verso.
Download or read book Labor Market Distortions Rural urban Inequality and the Opening of People s Republic of China s Economy written by Thomas Warren Hertel and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors find that reform of the Hukou system has the most significant impact on aggregate economic activity, as well as income distribution. Whereas the land market reform primarily benefits the agricultural households, this reform's primary beneficiaries are the rural households currently sending temporary migrants to the city. By reducing the implicit tax on temporary migrants, Hukou reform boosts their welfare and contributes to increased rural-urban migration. The combined effect of both factor market reforms is to reduce the urban-rural income ratio dramatically, from 2.59 in 2007 under the authors' baseline scenario to 2.27. When viewed as a combined policy package, along with WTO accession, rather than increasing inequality in China, the combined impact of product and factor market reforms significantly reduces rural-urban income inequality. This is an important outcome in an economy currently experiencing historic levels of rural-urban inequality"--Abstract.
Download or read book Chinese Research Perspectives on Population and Labor Volume 6 written by Juwei ZHANG and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews China’s new economy and new employment. Featured reports cover topics including economic growth, employee resettlement, labor relations, innovative industries and others.
Download or read book Paradoxes of Labour Reform written by Luigi Tomba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labour reform is only one component of the larger process of reforming economy and society experienced by China over the last three decades. This book uses historical analytical tools in order to shed light on how policymaking takes place in contemporary China: an experimental and self-fulfilling process where decisions are taken only long after being introduced into daily practice. It will be valuable to students of contemporary Chinese society and key to the understanding of 25 years of Chinese labour reform.
Download or read book China s Rural Labor Migration And Its Economic Development written by Liu Xiaoguang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
