| Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets Contributor(s): Lee, Grace O. M. (Editor), Warner, Malcolm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415371716 ISBN-13: 9780415371711 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing, leading to a large increase in unemployment. At the same time, further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout the Chinese economy. This book examines the growing problem of unemployment in China, investigating the implications for the economy, human resources and labor-markets. It considers a wide range of important issues, including the macro-economic context, the decline of state-owned enterprises, down-sizing, re-employment policies, human resource management and retraining. Finally, it investigates the unemployment problems in particular cities, appraising the government response, and assessing the prospects for the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.137 |
| LCCN: 2006006932 |
| Series: Routledge Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.23 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this book shows how unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing, leading to a large increase in unemployment. At the same time, further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout China. A further problem is that new jobs in China's growth industries are more likely to be secured by younger, better-qualified workers than by older, poorly educated and unskilled workers who have been laid off. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China and examines the problems in particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward. |