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  • 1
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048265977
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (53 p)
    Content: This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new law, which has likely contributed to reversing a trend toward increasing informalization of the urban labor market. Enforcement of the law, however, varies substantially across cities. The paper analyzes the determinants of worker satisfaction with the enforcement of the law, the propensity of workers to have a labor contract, workers' awareness of the content of the law, and their likelihood of initiating disputes. The paper finds that all of these factors are highly correlated with the level of education, especially for migrants. Although higher labor costs may have had a negative impact on manufacturing employment growth, this has not led to an overall increase in aggregate unemployment or prevented the rapid growth of real wages. Less progress has been made in increasing social insurance coverage, although signing a labor contract is more likely to be associated with participation in social insurance programs than in the past, particularly for migrant workers
    Additional Edition: Gallagher, Mary China's 2008 Labor Contract Law
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 2
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049073892
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4729
    Content: "In determining whether a country's higher education system should be expanded, it is important for policymakers first to determine the extent to which high private returns to post-secondary education are an indication of the scarcity of graduates instead of the high unobserved ability of students who choose to attend post-secondary education. To this end, the paper identifies the returns to schooling in urban China using individual-level variation in educational attainment caused by exogenous city-wide disruptions to education during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. For city-cohorts who experienced greater disruptions, children's educational attainment became less correlated with that of their fathers and more influenced by whether their fathers held administrative positions. The analysis calculates returns to college education using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large cities in 2001. The results are consistent with the selection of high-ability students into higher education. The analysis also demonstrates that these results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection bias associated with migration, or by alternative pathways through which the Cultural Revolution could have affected adult productivity. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/12/2009
    Additional Edition: Giles, John The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_72423070X
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4729
    Content: "In determining whether a country's higher education system should be expanded, it is important for policymakers first to determine the extent to which high private returns to post-secondary education are an indication of the scarcity of graduates instead of the high unobserved ability of students who choose to attend post-secondary education. To this end, the paper identifies the returns to schooling in urban China using individual-level variation in educational attainment caused by exogenous city-wide disruptions to education during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. For city-cohorts who experienced greater disruptions, children's educational attainment became less correlated with that of their fathers and more influenced by whether their fathers held administrative positions. The analysis calculates returns to college education using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large cities in 2001. The results are consistent with the selection of high-ability students into higher education. The analysis also demonstrates that these results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection bias associated with migration, or by alternative pathways through which the Cultural Revolution could have affected adult productivity. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/12/2009 , Also available in print.
    Additional Edition: Giles, John The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China
    Language: English
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    Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Centre
    UID:
    gbv_718447018
    Format: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 43 S., 2.33 MB) , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: OECD Development Centre working paper 307
    Note: Zsfassung in franz. Sprache , Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Arbeitspapier ; Graue Literatur
    Author information: Cai, Fang 1956-
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  • 5
    UID:
    b3kat_BV047936269
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (43 Seiten) , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: OECD Development Centre Working Papers
    Content: Jobs are important in maintaining social cohesion. Employment provides income, but also a sense of self-worth and a meeting place for social interactions that weave the social fabric. With over 200 million unemployed globally, the number of jobs created has taken centre stage, especially in countries hit hard by the economic crisis. And yet, labour relations have become tense in many parts of the world, including those still experiencing economic growth. In 2010, China witnessed a marked increase in strikes, labour disputes and even suicides in the workplace. Understanding the economic and institutional determinants of good labour relations matters for designing and implementing better labour market policies.The increase in labour disputes in China coincided with the end of the era of surplus labour. While labour was abundant in rural hinterlands, manufacturing firms could rely on cheap labour as migrant workers would still be better off than if they stayed at home.
    Content: As it became increasingly difficult for manufacturing firms in urban centres and the coastal provinces to recruit labour, wages were bid up throughout the economy. This process however, was all but smooth, as the increase in labour disputes shows. What is needed is a set of labour market institutions that help the transition in labour markets to be not only efficient, but also peaceful and equitable. This paper by Cai Fan and Wang Meiyan, from the Institute of Population and Labour Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, documents the increase in labour disputes in China and seeks to understand their determinants. The main finding is that the increase in disputes is linked to a change in regime in the labour market with the end of surplus labour. The paper therefore calls for further advances in establishing labour market institutions to adapt to the new labour market situation.
    Content: The paper finds that disputes result from a better awareness of rights on the part of workers and that they are more common in thriving and export-oriented areas. The authors go on to discuss the Chinese government's responses to the growing problem, from pro-active labour market policy to increasing the importance of collective contracts. In doing so, this paper provides an important building block in the understanding of the role of labour market institutions for social cohesion
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 6
    UID:
    gbv_1613782241
    Format: XXIII, 250 S. , graph. Darst.
    ISBN: 9781138017788
    Series Statement: Routledge studies on the Chinese economy 55
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781315780191
    Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. Demographic developments in China New York : Routledge, 2014 ISBN 9781315780191
    Language: English
    Keywords: China ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Bevölkerungspolitik ; Geschichte 1982-2010 ; China ; Bevölkerungspolitik ; Geburtenregelung ; Geburtenrückgang ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Geschlechterverhältnis ; Geschichte 1982-2010
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  • 7
    UID:
    gbv_175557455X
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 209 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9789004342156
    Series Statement: Chinese research perspectives volume 3
    Content: Preliminary Material /Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan -- Monitoring Survey Report on Migrant Workers in 2013 /Yang Junxiong and Hao Yanhong -- The Impact of the “Reform Dividend” on China’s Potential Growth Rates /Cai Fang and Lu Yang -- The Benefits of Comprehensively Deepening Household Registration System Reform /Du Yang , Cai Fang , Qu Xiaobo and Cheng Jie -- Extending Compulsory Education: Accumulating Human Capital for China’s Transition to the High-Income Stage /Du Yang -- The Urban and Rural Old-Age and Medical Insurance Systems: Current State, Challenges, and Countermeasures /Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan -- An Investigation on Equal Access to Basic Public Services for Rural Migrants /Gao Wenshu and Cheng Jie -- Ushering in the Long-Awaited: Starting with the Disclosure of the Surveyed Unemployment Rate /Cai Fang -- Labor Relations in China: Current State, Problems, and Policy Suggestions /Zhou Xiaoguang and Wang Meiyan -- Index /Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan.
    Content: This volume is based on Green Book of Population and Labor 2014 , originally published in Chinese. Four large topics are covered: current conditions of and outlook for migrant workers, the emergence of the reform dividend, construction of the social security system and labor market development. Chapter One examines the number, employment situation and income among migrant workers. In chapter Two to Four, contributors discuss significance of reforms of the household registration and the education system. The two chapters on social security focus on efforts to build and strengthen the pension and medical insurance systems, basic public services. Some theoretical and practical issues related to labor market development are discussed in the final two chapters. Policy suggestions are provided in this volume. Chinese Research Perspectives on Population and Labor is a co-publication between Brill and Social Sciences Academic Press (China)
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004342149
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Policy changes for the goals of 2020 Leiden : Brill, 2017 ISBN 9789004342149
    Language: English
    Keywords: China ; Arbeitspolitik ; Bevölkerung ; Familie
    URL: DOI
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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_828242321
    Format: Online-Ressource (232 p.)
    ISBN: 9789004279933
    Series Statement: Chinese Research Perspectives on Population and Labor v. 2
    Content: This English-language volume is an edited collection of articles selected from the 2013 Chinese-language volume of the "Green Book of Population and Labor"
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Chapter 1 A Nationwide Monitoring Survey Report on Migrant Workers in 2012; 1 Size of the Migrant Worker Population; 2 Movements and Regional Distribution of Migrant Workers; 3 Gender, Age, Education, and Training of Migrant Workers; 4 Employment Situation of Migrant Workers; 5 Income Situation of Migrant Workers; 6 Housing Situation of Migrant Rural Workers; 7 Social Security Situation of Migrant Rural Workers; Chapter 2 Labor Supply and Policies during the New Stage of Economic Development; 1 The Necessity of Stimulating Labor Supply , 2 Changes in Labor Force Participation3 Changes in Unemployment Rate and Its Characteristics; 4 Employment Rate and Working Hours; 5 Conclusions and Policy Suggestions; Chapter 3 The Cost of Household Registration System Reform and the Push for Urbanization with Equal Provision of Basic Public Services; 1 Introduction; 2 Household Registration System Reform Cost and Existing Studies; 3 Ideas and Methods of Calculating Household Registration System Reform Cost; 4 Estimates of Household Registration System Reform Cost; 5 Conclusions and Policy Suggestions , Chapter 4 A Roadmap for Reforming China's Household Registration System1 Introduction; 2 Proposal for and Steps in Household Registration System Reform; 3 Estimates of Public Cost of Migrant Workers Urbanization; 4 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Changes in the Levels of Consumption by Migrant Workers and Determining Factors; 1 Introduction; 2 Description of Data; 3 Human Capital, Employment, Income, and Social Security Characteristics of Migrant Workers; 4 The Consumption Levels of Migrant Worker Households and Determining Factors; 5 Main Conclusions and Policy Suggestions , Chapter 6 Proactive Employment Policies Targeting Groups with Employment Difficulties1 Groups with Employment Difficulties are Increasingly Valuable Human Resources; 2 How Do Groups with Employment Difficulties Participate in the Labor Market?; 3 The Unemployment Characteristics of Groups with Employment Difficulties; 4 Proactive Employment Policies Targeting Groups with Employment Difficulties; Chapter 7 Social Protection is not a 'Negative Incentive': Resolving "Mill's Dilemma" as the Stage of Development Changes; 1 Introduction; 2 A Strong Labor Market beyond the Turning Point , 3 Three Groups of Workers Who Remain Vulnerable4 Policy Suggestions; Chapter 8 Demand and Supply of Human Capital and the Transformation and Development of Higher Education in the Age of Mass Higher Education; 1 The Rapid Development of Higher Education in China; 2 Rapid Development of Higher Education Strengthens China's Capacity for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development; 3 Moving Higher Education Closer to Universal Accessibility in the Next Decade; 4 The New Demand and Supply Situation for University and College Students under the Rapid Development of Higher Education , 5 The Main Tasks of Higher Education Transformation in the Era of Wide Availability
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004279940
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004279933
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cai, Fang Chinese Research Perspectives on Population and Labor, Volume 2 : From Demographic Dividend to Institutional Dividend Leiden : BRILL,c2015 ISBN 9789004279933
    Language: English
    Keywords: China ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    URL: DOI
    Author information: Cai, Fang 1956-
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  • 9
    UID:
    gbv_797610030
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Research Working Paper 6542
    Content: This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new law, which has likely contributed to reversing a trend toward increasing informalization of the urban labor market. Enforcement of the law, however, varies substantially across cities. The paper analyzes the determinants of worker satisfaction with the enforcement of the law, the propensity of workers to have a labor contract, workers' awareness of the content of the law, and their likelihood of initiating disputes. The paper finds that all of these factors are highly correlated with the level of education, especially for migrants. Although higher labor costs may have had a negative impact on manufacturing employment growth, this has not led to an overall increase in aggregate unemployment or prevented the rapid growth of real wages. Less progress has been made in increasing social insurance coverage, although signing a labor contract is more likely to be associated with participation in social insurance programs than in the past, particularly for migrant workers.
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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  • 10
    UID:
    gbv_797533524
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Research Working Paper 4729
    Content: In determining whether a country's higher education system should be expanded, it is important for policymakers first to determine the extent to which high private returns to post-secondary education are an indication of the scarcity of graduates instead of the high unobserved ability of students who choose to attend post-secondary education. To this end, the paper identifies the returns to schooling in urban China using individual-level variation in educational attainment caused by exogenous city-wide disruptions to education during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. For city-cohorts who experienced greater disruptions, children's educational attainment became less correlated with that of their fathers and more influenced by whether their fathers held administrative positions. The analysis calculates returns to college education using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large cities in 2001. The results are consistent with the selection of high-ability students into higher education. The analysis also demonstrates that these results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection bias associated with migration, or by alternative pathways through which the Cultural Revolution could have affected adult productivity.
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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