China S Labor Market In The Transition

Author : Mr.Waikei W. Lam,Xiaoguang Liu,Mr.Alfred Schipke
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513570693

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China’s Labor Market in the “New Normal” by Mr.Waikei 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 : Xinxin Ma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811319877

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Economic Transition and Labor Market Reform in China by Xinxin Ma Pdf

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.

Author : Ying Chen
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9819991595

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China’s Labor Market in the Transition by Ying Chen Pdf

This book explores the dynamics of the Chinese labor market, the largest in the world. The sheer scale of rural laborers living in cities is the ultimate engine driving the fastest urbanization the world has ever seen. Today, the country faces a series of new challenges as it tries to address problems of unemployment and under-employment. These include population ageing, automation, the increasing use of AI on the factory floor and other workplaces and Chinese manufacturers’ move up the value chain. The book presents an empirically rich and analytically rigorous account of how these challenges might be met. It will be of interest to labor economists, scholars of Chinese manufacturing, and researchers of the Chinese economy.

Author : Sarah Cook,Margaret Maurer-Fazio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : John Knight,Lina Song
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : Jane Du
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031531385

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China's Labour Market, 1950–2050 by Jane Du Pdf

Author : John B. Knight,Lina Song
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199245277

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

"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.

Author : John B. Knight,Lina Song
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:646785135

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Towards a Labour Market in China by John B. 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 : Lisa Keister
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848557314

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Work and Organizations in China after Thirty Years of Transition by Lisa Keister Pdf

Thirty years of economic change have fundamentally altered the nature of organizations and work in China. This volume brings together the research by many of the top scholars studying these issues and provides a glimpse into the state of thinking on organizations and work at the start of the fourth decade of transition.

Author : Yanrui Wu
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781959153

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Economic Growth, Transition, and Globalization in China by Yanrui Wu Pdf

This book addresses a number of important topics and issues associated with China's economic transition, growth and global integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars, provide a timely assessment of recent developments in the Chinese economy. The authors employ contemporary economic theory and the latest statistics to analyze the sources and spillover effects of China's growth, to investigate the relationship between growth and business cycle, and to shed light on China's growth prospects in the coming decade. In the context of growth, transition and globalization, the chapters also cover issues such as labour economics, urban efficiency, banking and macroeconomic management. Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China is a highly focused and unique work of direct policy relevance and is aimed at an international audience. It is an invaluable combination of rigorous theoretical work and empirical material. This timely book should be an important reference for researchers and students of Asian studies, and the Chinese economy, in particular. It will also appeal to business analysts.

Author : Lijuan Wu
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814579261

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Job Placements and Job Shifts in China by Lijuan Wu Pdf

The book investigates the impact of the market-oriented economic reform in China on a unique aspect of the labor market outcomes — individuals' access to different employment sectors, that is, the state and collective sector, the private sector, and the sector of family contract farming in the 1990s. Using the longitudinal data of China Health and Nutrition Survey, the author finds that the access to different employment sectors is not equally distributed among Chinese workers during the market transition. And the hierarchy of employment sectors is reproduced through the procedure that assorts individual workers to different employment sectors. In addition to achieved characteristics such as human capital, ascribed characteristics such as family background and gender are important factors in understanding the procedure of social stratification in the reform era. The book will be of value to social scientists interested in the market transition of socialist societies in general and the social transformation of contemporary China in particular. Contents:IntroductionThe Structure of Employment Sectors in ChinaLiterature Review and Research HypothesesData and MethodsWhere to Start? Job Placement Across Employment Sectors Among Young WorkersTo Change or Not to Change? Job Shifts Across Employment Sectors Among Older WorkersConclusion and Discussion Readership: Graduates, academics and professionals who are interested in Chinese economic reform, social stratification and mobility, social transformation, and labor market. Key Features:Offers a study of the market transition in China critical in the 1990sDiscloses the mechanisms of social stratification through detailed analysis of the factors contributing to the patterns of job placement and job shift across employment sectorsProvides one of the few large-scale empirical work on this topicKeywords:Social Stratification;Employment;Education;Family Background;Gender;China;Job Placement;Job Shift;Collective Sector;Private Sector;Labor Market;Market Transition;Social Transformation;Social Capital

Author : Xinxin Ma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813369047

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Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China by Xinxin Ma Pdf

This open access book investigates female employment and the gender gap in the labor market and households during China’s economic transition period. It provides the reader with academic evidence for understanding the mechanism of female labor force participation, the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market, and the impact of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment in China from an economics perspective. The main content of this book includes three parts―women’s family responsibilities and women’s labor supply (child care, parent care, and women’s employment), the gender gap in the labor market and society (gender gaps in wages, Communist Party membership, and participation in social activity), and the impacts of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment (the social security system and the educational expansion policy on women’s wages and employment) in China. This book provides academic evidence about these issues based on economics theories and econometric analysis methods using many kinds of long-term Chinese national survey data. This book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in up-to-date and in-depth empirical studies of the gender gap and women’s employment in China during the economic transition period. This book is of interest to various groups such as readers who are interested in the Chinese economy, policymakers, and scholars with econometric analysis backgrounds.

Author : Mr.Ray Brooks,Tao Ran
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : György Sziráczki,Anthony Twigger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9221096807

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Employment Policies for Transition to a Market Economy in China by György Sziráczki,Anthony Twigger Pdf

Author : Yun Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351144278

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Transition and Development in China by Yun Chen Pdf

China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth. Whilst similar reforms in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have seen an initial downturn in production, usually with a significant rise in unemployment, the success of the approach taken by China has been remarkable. However, China embarked upon the process, without a well-designed blueprint at the outset. The resulting piecemeal, partial, incremental, and often experimental approach has proved complicated to implement - requiring a complex melding of politics and economics, internal and foreign affairs, government and market. How the difficult task of balancing the diverse array of often competing concerns has been achieved is the subject of this book, which examines the dismantling of the centrally planned system and the mechanism of institutional change in Chinese transition.