This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new...

The economic performance of the worlds two most populous countries China and India - in recent decades has transformed their own economies, as well the world economy, in a manner that is unprecedented. Their economic growth has helped lift millions of people out of dire poverty already and, if...