The great employment transformation in China

Nomaan Majid

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The great employment transformation in China

Nomaan Majid

Employment working paper, no. 195, ILO

2015

Abstract

employment

economic growth

productivity

labour force

structural change

dual economy

wages

China

The aim of this paper is to make an assessment of the employment situation in China at an aggregate level that is (a) supported by existing macro data related to output and labour; and (b) that is consistent with the historical information on the policy shifts that have taken place in China.

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Title: The great employment transformation in China
Creators: Nomaan Majid
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Policy Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2015
Series: Employment working paper; no. 195
Number of pages: ix, 54 p. :statistics
ISSN: 1999-2939.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995219562802676
Table of contents: Examining the employment situation in developing countries -- The historical context of employment and growth in China -- The measure of employment and its relationship to population and output -- The unemployed in China: trends and attributes -- Output, income and productivity growth -- Trends in regular and non-regular employment in China -- Towards a historically consistent explanation of trends -- Wages and regularization of employment in China.