Economic Transition and Labor Market Reform in China

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.

Explores the social impact of Chinese marketization Offers insights into the structure of China's public-private economic model Provides quantitative data about Chinese labor and working classes

Autorentext
Xinxin Ma is Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative and World Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Economic Transition and Changes of Wage Structure.- 3. Determinants of Wage Gaps between Public Sector and Private Sector.- 4. Monopolistic Industry Sector and its Influence on Wage Gaps between Migrants and Local Urban Residents.- 5. Labour Market Segmentation by Public-Private Sectors and its Influence on Gender Wage Gap.- 6. The Determinants of Labour Supply of Informal Sector: Two Hypotheses on Self-employment.- 7. Impact of Minimum Wage Policy on Wage Distribution and Wage Gap between Rural and Urban Residents.- 8. Impact of China's Higher Education Expansion Policy on Youth Employment.- 9. Impact of New Rural Pension Scheme on Labor Participation.- 10. Impact of Payroll Taxes on Wages.