This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China … validate the arrival of the Lewis turning point in China, showing continuous and coordinated wage growth across rural and urban … education converged gradually to the international standard. These findings suggest major progresses in the integration of labor …

Since the launching of its economic reform and opening up programs in 1979, China has experienced an unprecedented … pressure for employment creation has continued to persist and the situation of excess supply of labor, especially in the urban … area, has been worsening. This paper explores the changing patterns of the urban labor market, and identifies the main …

As China passes through its Lewis turning point characterized first by the appearance of a labor shortage and a … constant increase in wages, its labor market shows both features of the dual economy and neoclassical growth. This paper first … depicts the trend of population as a root cause of the labor market transition from dual economy to neoclassical scenario. It …

Changes in the structure and regulation of employment in Japan differentially impact men and women. The labor force … course, while men are more likely to experience unemployment at the entry and exit points to the labor market. Unemployment … gender segmented labor market, with men continuing in relatively protected and regulated standard employment and women …

There is some indirect evidence that child labor is affected by market imperfections. This paper provides a theoretical … model to discuss the effect of improvements on the labor market, when households cannot rely on neither the land nor the … credit markets. The predictions differ by land ownership: landless or large landowners should decrease child labor when labor …

during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …