Dong, Xiao-yuan; Xu, Lixin Colin - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 37 (2009) 2, pp. 287-305
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...