Job placements and job shifts in China : the effects of education, family background and gender / Lijuan Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Lijuan, 1972- author.

Series:

Peking University series on sociology and anthropology ; Volume 4.

Peking University Series on Sociology and Anthropology, 2335-657X ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--China.

Labor market.

Labor supply--Effect of education on--China.

Labor supply.

Discrimination in employment--China.

Discrimination in employment.

Labor mobility--China.

Labor mobility.

Occupational mobility--China.

Occupational mobility.

Social stratification--China.

Social stratification.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Editorial Committee; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Structure of Employment Sectors in China; The Hierarchy of Employment Sectors in the Pre-Reform Era; Reforms of the Employment Sectors; Rapid Transformation of the Agricultural Sector; Gradual Transition of the State and Collective Sectors; Growth of the Private Sector; Changing Policies Toward Rural-to-Urban Population Mobility; Changed Structure of Employment Sectors in the Reform Era; Chapter 3: Literature Review and Research Hypotheses; The Segmentation of Labor Markets

The Market Transition DebateUnderstanding Job Placements and Job Shifts in Transitional China; Effects of Education; Effects of Family Background; Effects of Gender; Chapter 4: Data and Methods; Data; Sample; Dependent Variables; Independent Variables; Control Variables; Analytical Strategies; Chapter 5: Where to Start? Job Placements Across Employment Sectors Among Young Workers; Effects of Year; Effects of Education; Effects of Family Background: Social Capital versus Family Strategy; Effects of Gender; Effects of Control Variables; Summary

Chapter 6: To Change or Not to Change? Job Shifts Across Employment Sectors Among Older WorkersEffects of Original Employment Sectors; Effects of Education; Effects of Family Background: Social Capital versus Family Strategy; Effects of Gender; Effects of Control Variables; Summary; Chapter 7: Conclusion and Discussion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4579-25-4