Towards a labour market in China

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Knight, John B.
Other Authors:	Song, Lina
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England)
Subjects:	Since 2000 Labor market > China. Labor supply > China. Labor policy > China. Wages > China. Rural-urban migration > China. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor. Marché du travail. Politique du travail. Economie urbaine. Emploi rural. Economic history Labor market Labor policy Labor supply Rural-urban migration Wages Arbeidsmarkt. China > Economic conditions > 2000- Chine. China
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Setting the stage
Labour policy and progress: overview
The urban labour market
Increasing wage inequality
The spatial behaviour of wages
Rural migrants in urban enterprises
Redundancies, unemployment, and migration
Immobility and segmentation of labour
The rural labour market
Rural labour allocation
The imperfect labour market
Information, social networks, and the labour market
Conclusion.