Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets Contributor(s): Lee, Grace O. M. (Editor), Warner, Malcolm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415511593 ISBN-13: 9780415511599 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Urban & Regional - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Series: Routledge Contemporary China |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 286 pages |
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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. |