Chinese research perspectives on population and labor. Volume 1 / edited by Cai Fang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cai, Fang, editor.

Series:

Chinese Research Perspectives 1.

Chinese Research Perspectives: Population and Labor, 2212-7518 ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--China.

Labor supply.

China--Population.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This English-language volume is an edited collection of articles selected from the 2011 and 2012 Chinese-language volumes of the Green Book of Population and Labor . This volume starts with a chapter that explores the trajectory and future of China's demographic changes, as well as the role population projections should play in population policy through a comparison of data from the Sixth Population Census conducted in China and the United Nations population projection. Other topics discussed in this volume include changes in fertility and their implications to the labor market; demographic transition and its contribution to economic growth; employment structure and its problems; and reform of the labor market. This volume intends to draw lessons from the experiences and discuss trends of the labor market and social protection. Chinese Research Perspectives on Population and Labor is a co-publication between Brill and Social Sciences Academic Press (China).

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Looking at the Future of China’s Population from the Sixth National Population Census and United Nations Population Projections / Cai Yong

2 Provincial Disparities in Changes in Fertility and Related Implications / Niu Jianlin

3 Intergenerational Effects on Fertility and Intended Family Size: Implications for Future Fertility Change in China / Zheng Zhenzhen

4 When Demographic Dividends Disappear: Growth Sustainability in China / Cai Fang and Zhao Wen

5 Accumulating Human Capital for China’s Sustainable Growth / Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan

6 Changes to the Employment Structure and Problems / Zhang Juwei

7 Labor Market Vulnerability in Urban China / Du Yang , Qu Yue and Cai Fang

8 Employment Elasticity and Its Implications for Employment Policy in the “12th Five-Year Period” / Qu Xiaobo

9 Changes to the Industrial Structure and Regional Migration during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period / Wu Yaowu

10 Wage Increase, Wage Convergence, and the Lewis Turning Point in China / Cai Fang and Du Yang

11 Intensified Reform of the Labor Market and Abolishment of the Rural-Urban Divide / Zhang Zhanxin and Hou Huili

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27318-2

OCLC:

880827263

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004273184 DOI