A Study Of Labor Mobility In China

Author : Sun Wenkai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000520804

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A Study of Labor Mobility in China by Sun Wenkai Pdf

The title investigates rural labor mobility in China since 2003, an important phenomenon in the process of Chinese economic transition, influential in economic growth at the macro level and individual wellbeing at the micro level. Based on empirical analysis, the study identifies and evaluates the characteristics, driving forces and impact of the migration and mobility of the rural labor force. The following factors are considered to impact rural workers' mobility decisions and are thoroughly discussed in each chapter: (1) convergence in the level of regional income, (2) industrial structure and the age structure of the workforce, (3) the household registration system, (4) the income gap, (5) the issue of children that are left behind, (6) the health status of rural migrant workers and (7) their social networks. Drawing on new research methods, the final chapter reassesses the impact of rural parents' migration to the city and the overall wellbeing of their children left behind at home, challenging the well-accepted view that there is a negative correlation between the two. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in labor economics, Chinese economy, sociology, demography, migrant population and especially labor mobility in China.

Author : Wenkai Sun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : China
ISBN : 103218440X

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A Study of Labor Mobility in China by Wenkai Sun Pdf

"The title investigates rural labor mobility in China since 2003, an important phenomenon in the process of Chinese economic transition, influential in economic growth at the macro level and individual wellbeing at the micro level. Based on empirical analysis, the study identifies and evaluates the characteristics, driving forces and impact of the migration and mobility of the rural labor force. The following factors are considered to impact rural workers' mobility decisions and are thoroughly discussed in each chapter: (1) convergence in the level of regional income, (2) industrial structure and the age structure of the workforce, (3) the household registration system, (4) the income gap, (5) the issue of children that are left behind, (6) the health status of rural migrant workers and (7) their social networks. Drawing on new research methods, the final chapter reassesses the impact of rural parents' migration to the city and the overall wellbeing of their children left behind at home, challenging the well-accepted view that there is a negative correlation between the two. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in labor economics, Chinese economy, sociology, demography, migrant population and especially labor mobility in China"--

Author : Loraine A. West,Yaohui Zhao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028577000

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Rural Labor Flows in China by Loraine A. West,Yaohui Zhao Pdf

Comprises 12 papers which explore the extent and nature of rural-urban migration in China during the 1980s and 1990s. Examines the characteristics of migrants at the individual, household and community levels and investigates the organizational aspect of labour flows. Analyses the effects of migration on rural and urban areas. Includes a chapter on the development of labour migration from Mexico to the USA.

Author : Liu Xiaoguang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811208607

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China's Rural Labor Migration And Its Economic Development by Liu Xiaoguang Pdf

Author : Sarah Cook,Margaret Maurer-Fazio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135296384

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The Workers' State Meets the Market by Sarah Cook,Margaret Maurer-Fazio Pdf

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.

Author : Guifu Chen,Shigeyuki Hamori
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642411090

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Rural Labor Migration, Discrimination, and the New Dual Labor Market in China by Guifu Chen,Shigeyuki Hamori Pdf

This book studies some important issues in China’s labor market, such as rural labor migration, employment and wage discrimination, the new dual labor market, and economic returns on schooling, using the newer and representative data and advanced estimation models. This approach has yielded many interesting results, including a solution to the dilemma of two ongoing crises since 2004: the rural labor surplus and severe shortage of migrant labor. While male workers generally received less favorable treatment and consequently enjoyed a lower average employment probability than female workers in 1996, they also received preferential treatment over female workers, who otherwise had identical worker characteristics in 2005. We provide new estimates for male-female hourly wage differentials in urban China, and our results indicate that the hourly wage differentials and the unexplained part of the hourly wage differentials are smaller than the differentials obtained by ignoring the sample selection bias. We study China’s new dual labor market, which is shifting from a rural migration versus urban workers setup to informal workers versus formal workers setup, and present some interesting results. Our study is the first to adopt the IV methodology and the Heckman (1979) two-step procedure simultaneously for the estimation of economic returns on schooling in China.

Author : Solomon W. Polachek,Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781907573

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Labor Market Issues in China by Solomon W. Polachek,Konstantinos Tatsiramos Pdf

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

Author : Xi Zhao
Publisher : kassel university press GmbH
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Labor mobility
ISBN : 9783862195756

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Return Migration and Productive Employment in Rural China by Xi Zhao Pdf

Author : Howard Pack,Christina H. Paxson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Inter-industry Labor Mobility in Taiwan, China by Howard Pack,Christina H. Paxson Pdf

The proximity of industries is strongly related to inter-industry labor mobility, and there is some evidence that workers who move to closely similar industries receive higher wages. Knowledge is transmitted more easily when industries operate, and workers work, in close physical proximity.

Author : Ingrid Nielsen,Russell Smyth,Marika Vicziany
Publisher : Monash Asia Institute
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124094504

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Globalisation and Labour Mobility in China by Ingrid Nielsen,Russell Smyth,Marika Vicziany Pdf

Over the last 20 years China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China's cities from the surrounding countryside ins search of a better life. This book examines the way in which these people live, work, and interact with their urban cousins.

Author : Rachel Murphy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521005302

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How Migrant Labor is Changing Rural China by Rachel Murphy Pdf

Her analysis focuses on the human experiences and strategies that precipitate shifts in national and local policies for economic development; she also examines the responses of migrants, nonmigrants, and officials to changing circumstances, obstacles, and opportunities. This pioneering study is rich in original source materials and anecdotes and also offers useful, comparative examples from other developing countries."--Jacket.

Author : John Knight,Lina Song
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191529665

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Towards a Labour Market in China by John Knight,Lina Song Pdf

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.

Author : Mr. Raphael W. Lam,Xiaoguang Liu,Mr. Alfred Schipke
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513585406

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China’s Labor Market in the “New Normal” by Mr. Raphael W. Lam,Xiaoguang Liu,Mr. Alfred Schipke Pdf

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.

Author : Mr.Ray Brooks,Tao Ran
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451874815

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China's Labor Market Performance and Challenges by Mr.Ray Brooks,Tao Ran Pdf

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.

Author : Fei-Ling Wang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847688801

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From Family to Market by Fei-Ling Wang Pdf

Discusses the institutional framework and operation of four co-existing labour allocation patterns: the traditional family-based system, authoritarian state allocation, community-based labour markets, and the emerging national labour market.