Towards a labour market in China / John Knight and Lina Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, John B.

Contributor:

Song, Lina.

Series:

Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England)

Studies on contemporary China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--China.

Labor market.

Labor supply--China.

Labor supply.

Labor policy--China.

Labor policy.

Wages--China.

Wages.

Rural-urban migration--China.

Rural-urban migration.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From an administered labour system under central planning, the Chinese economy has moved towards a labour market. This text reviews the progress that has been made over two decades of urban economic reform.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Setting the Stage; 1.1 Issues; 1.2 Theoretical Framework; 1.3 Sources of Evidence; 1.4 Plan of the Study; 2. Labour Policy and Progress: Overview; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Pre-reform Labour System; 2.3 The Political Economy of Economic Reform; 2.4 The Evolution of Labour Reform Policies; 2.5 Conceptualizing the Labour Market; 2.6 Labour Market Trends in the Reform Period; 2.7 Conclusions; PART II: THE URBAN LABOUR MARKET; 3. Increasing Wage Inequality; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Change in Wage Structure

3.3 Decomposing the Wage Increase3.4 Decomposing the Rise in Inequality; 3.5 The Rise in Wage Inequality: Quantile Regression Analysis; 3.6 Conclusions; 4. The Spatial Behaviour of Wages; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Convergence in Inequality: Evidence; 4.3 Convergence in Inequality: Explanation; 4.4 Divergence in Means: Evidence; 4.5 Divergence in Means: Explanation; 4.6 Conclusions; 5. Rural Migrants in Urban Enterprises; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Survey; 5.3 The Rewards for Migrant Labour; 5.4 Migrant and Non-migrant Earnings Compared; 5.5 The Perspective of the Migrants

5.6 The Perspective of the Enterprises5.7 The Perspective of Government; 5.8 Conclusions; 6. Redundancies, Unemployment, and Migration; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Employment in Chinese Enterprises; 6.3 The Redundancy Policies; 6.4 Redundancy, Unemployment, and Re-employment; 6.5 Retrenchment and the Re-employment Wage; 6.6 Urban Unemployment Versus Migrant Employment; 6.7 Conclusions; 7. Immobility and Segmentation of Labour; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Immobility Among Jobs; 7.3 Segmentation Among Workers; 7.4 Segmentation Among Firms; 7.5 Conclusions; PART III: THE RURAL LABOUR MARKET

8. Rural Labour Allocation8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Labour Allocation by Workers and Households; 8.3 Perceptions of the Rural Predicament; 8.4 The Returns to Farming and Non-farming Activities; 8.5 The Determinants of Peasant Choices; 8.6 The Importance of Employment Opportunities; 8.7 Conclusions; PART IV: THE IMPERFECT LABOUR MARKET; 9. Information, Social Networks, and the Labour Market; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Types and Sources of Migrant Information; 9.3 Information and the Costs of Migration; 9.4 Information and Migrant Wages; 9.5 Social Networks Among Urban Workers; 9.6 Conclusions

10. Conclusion10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Progress Towards a Labour Market; 10.3 Obstacles to the Formation of a Labour Market; 10.4 Whither the Chinese Labour Market?; 10.5 Our Vision; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786611906566

1-281-90656-5

0-19-924527-4

0-19-152966-4

1-4356-3385-7

OCLC:

191827420