In recent years, China's labour market has seen a significant rise of the new forms of employment, which differs in … employment patterns in China, including app-based gig work, micro-task crowdsourcing, prosumer work, and platform outsourcing to …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …

We empirically deconstruct informal employment in China into private business owners and casual workers without job … contracts. Survey data from 2007 and 2013 document a rise in informal employment to the point where it exceeds formal employment … vulnerable groups, so the growth of casual employment is particularly concerning. There are indications that running small …