Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the … in all sample cities and labor force participation declined by 8 percent. Urban residents faced modest levels of wage and …

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the … in all sample cities and labor force participation declined by 8 percent. Urban residents faced modest levels of wage and …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made … informalization of the urban labor market. Enforcement of the law, however, varies substantially across cities. The paper analyzes the … determinants of worker satisfaction with the enforcement of the law, the propensity of workers to have a labor contract, workers …

authors provide a number of insights into the extent and nature of informal employment and labor market development in China …Because of China's socialist legacy, until recently little attention has been paid to the rise of informal employment … vulnerability, and it affects tax collection, the enforcement of labor regulations, and the provision of adequate social protection …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made … informalization of the urban labor market. Enforcement of the law, however, varies substantially across cities. The paper analyzes the … determinants of worker satisfaction with the enforcement of the law, the propensity of workers to have a labor contract, workers …

We provide evidence that promotion incentives influence the effort of public employees by studying China's system of …

influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for … and have lower dependency ratios and higher labor force participation rates. Including migrants increases somewhat …

the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household …