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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
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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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  • 4
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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_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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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_1738140512
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 208 pages) , illustrations
    ISBN: 9789047426998
    Series Statement: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks. Population and labor 2
    Content: Preliminary Material /Cai Fang , Wang Meiyan and Wang Dewen -- Future Population Dividends: New Sources of Economic Growth /Cai Fang -- Population Dividend: Continue or Alter? /Qu Yue , Cai Fang and Du Yang -- Employment Expansion: The Anti-Cycle Strategy with Chinese Characteristics /Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan -- Composition and Development of the Chinese Education System /Wang Guangzhou and Niu Jianlin -- Educational Resource Integration /Du Yang -- Providing an Education for Left-Behind and Migrant Children /Gao Wenshu -- Reform and Development of Vocational Education /Wang Dewen -- Direction of Continuing Educational Development in China /Zhao Rui and Gao Wenshu -- Rethinking China’s Pension Reform: Relevance of International Experiences /Cai Fang -- Social Security for Migrant Workers: Present Situation and Direction of Reform /Wang Dewen -- Future Prospects of Household Registration System Reform /Wang Meiyan and Cai Fang -- Retirement System for Migrant Workers: Mode and Theories /Du Yang and Qu Xiaobo -- Index /Cai Fang , Wang Meiyan and Wang Dewen.
    Content: This English-language volume is an edited collection including several translations of articles from the 2008 and 2009 Chinese-language volumes of the Green Book of Population and Labor . In this second volume of the yearbook series, demographic scholar and economist Cai Fang offers policy guidance to the central government for an era of less favorable demographic circumstances than those experienced in the past. These papers consider how the Chinese economy can prosper despite a labor supply that is no longer “infinite,” and they propose ways that China might reap the benefits of a “second demographic dividend.”
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004173538
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The China population and labor yearbook ; 2.2010 Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2010 ISBN 9789004173538
    Language: English
    URL: DOI
    Author information: Cai, Fang 1956-
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  • 9
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Leiden : BRILL
    UID:
    gbv_1738204693
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (328 pages)
    ISBN: 9789004216891
    Content: Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Demographic Changes During the Period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan and Predictions for Population Development /Ying Hu , Fang Cai and Yang Du -- Chapter Two Low Fertility and Related Theoretical Issues in China /Zhigang Guo -- Chapter Three How China Tackled the Global Financial Crisis /Fang Cai , Yang Du and Meiyan Wang -- Chapter Four Public Investment and Employment: An Empirical Analysis /Jie Cheng and Dewen Wang -- Chapter Five Growing Pains: What Employment Dilemma Does China Face at Its Lewis Turning Point? /Fang Cai -- Chapter Six The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Employment in Small and Medium Enterprises /Yaowu Wu and Yang Du -- Chapter Seven Changes in Industrial Location and Labor Flows in China /Fang Cai , Meiyan Wang and Yue Qu -- Chapter Eight Population, Industrial Development, and Employment in Chinese Urbanization /Yang Du and Meiyan Wang -- Chapter Nine Has Labor Migration Really Not Narrowed the Rural-Urban Income Gap? /Fang Cai and Meiyan Wang -- Chapter Ten Emission Reduction Compatible with Economic and Employment Growth /Fang Cai , Yang Du and Meiyan Wang -- Chapter Eleven The New Elements of China’s Labor Market in the Post-Financial-Crisis Era /Fang Cai and Meiyan Wang -- Chapter Twelve Reform of the Hukou System and Unification of Rural-Urban Social Welfare /Fang Cai -- Index.
    Content: This English-language volume is an edited collection of articles from the 2010 Chinese-language volume of the Green Book of Population and Labor . It examines recent developments in the Chinese demographic transition and its implications, especially for the labor market. The global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 impacted the Chinese labor market during and after its occurrence; it hit the real economy and caused lay-offs for urban workers and a mass exodus of migrant workers from the non-agricultural workplace. The Chinese economy recovered quickly, thanks to the government’s fiscal stimulus package. It was impressive to see social protection programs implemented by the central and local governments with the interests of vulnerable people in mind. This volume intends to draw some lessons from the experiences and to discuss the trends of the labor market and social protection in the post-crisis period by focusing on three issues: policy measures, challenges to future growth, and the vulnerability of factions within the labor market
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004182448
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The China population and labor yearbook ; 3.2012 Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004182448
    Language: English
    URL: DOI
    Author information: Cai, Fang 1956-
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