Labor Restructuring in China : Toward a Functioning Labor Market

This paper examines the patterns and determinants of the labor restructuring process in China using two large firm-level datasets for the period between 1998 and 2002. We find that the public sector has undergone substantial labor retrenchment. The removal of employment guarantees for state workers...

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Main Authors: Dong, Xiao-yuan, Xu, Lixin Colin
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5672