Digital labour platforms have been proliferating in China since 2005, making China one of the world’s largest platforms economies. This paper summarizes the results of an ILO survey, conducted in 2019, of workers’ characteristics and working conditions on three major digital labour...

There is increasing evidence from developed countries showing that the COVID-19 recession disproportionately impacted the female labor force, causing a “She-cession”. This paper investigates the magnitude of the “She-cession” in China. Using a unique three-wave employee tracking survey...

This paper utilizes data from a national online survey and an administrative dataset to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the labor market in China. Specifically, we first investigate the short-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on individual workers' employment, wages, and work-from-home...

This paper utilizes data from a national online survey and an administrative dataset to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the labor market in China. Specifically, we first investigate the short-term impact of the COVID19 outbreak on individual workers’ employment, wages, and work-from-home...

This paper uses data from an employee tracking survey in China for about 6000 incumbent workers to document their dynamic labor market outcomes throughout the year 2020. I find that the employment situation worsened sharply during the lockdown period and then recovered gradually, showing a "V"...