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9783825893859

Labour Mobility in Urban China An Integrated Labour Market in the Making?

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  • ISBN13:

    9783825893859

  • ISBN10:

    3825893855

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-08-07
  • Publisher: Lit Verlag
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Summary

This comprehensive account describes far-reaching changes arising from the transformation of the Chinese labor market. The authors discuss challenges such as mismatches between labor supply and demand, the influx of rural labor migrants, rising unemployment and the expansion of flexible/informal work, including gender dimensions.

Table of Contents

Flexibility and security in China's emerging "socialist" market labour regimep. 19
"Peasant worker shortages" in Guangdong province - a demographic analysisp. 50
A cost-benefit analysis of rural labour migrationp. 65
Risk employment and social risk management - job searching strategies of rural-to-urban migrantsp. 75
The myth of entrepreneurship - migrant returnees between urban and rural labour marketsp. 89
Labour services for China's migrant workers - new ideas and practisesp. 100
Family patterns of rural migrants in urban areas and their migration choicesp. 113
Socio-economic status, social networks and settlement choices of rural-to-urban migrantsp. 126
Cultural life of rural migrants and urban integrationp. 140
The problem of overdue migrant wages : legal framework and government policiesp. 153
Informal employment - integration or segregation of the labour market?p. 161
Informal employment and labour market segmentation - a gender perspectivep. 175
Social protection for migrant workers in the informal economy - issues and optionsp. 195
Labour market policy - conflict of aims between quantity or qualityp. 207
Small business start-up models by Chinese women - introduction to the research reportp. 220
Business development services for migrant workers in Chinap. 228
Active employment policies - the case of the Nanjing labour and Social Security Bureaup. 246
Gender disparities in unemployment duration in urban Chinap. 251
Peasants who lost their land - rehabilitation options from the perspective of sustainable developmentp. 266
Involuntary resettlement in urban areas - development of human capitalp. 277
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