Unemployment In China: Economy, Human Resources And Labour Markets (routledge Contemporary China Series)

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this book shows how unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing, leading to a large increase in unemployment. At the same time, further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout China. A further problem is that new jobs in China's growth industries are more likely to be secured by younger, better-qualified workers than by older, poorly educated and unskilled wokers who have been laid off. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China and examines the problems in particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward. This Book Examines The Growing Problem Of Unemployment In China, Investigating The Implications For The Economy, Human Resources And Labour Markets. It Considers A Wide Range Of Important Issues, Including The Macroeconomic Context, The Decline Of State-owned Enterprises, Downsizing, Re-employment Policies, Human Resource Management And Retraining. Finally, It Investigates The Unemployment Problems In Particular Cities, Appraising The Government Response And Assessing The Prospects For The Future.--book Jacket. Setting The Scene : Unemployment In China / Malcolm Warner And Grace O. M. Lee -- Primitive Accumulation, Transition And Unemployment In China / Michael Webber And Zhu Ying -- Urban Unemployment In China : A Background Analysis (1995-2003) / Hu Angang And Sheng Xin -- Unemployment In China And The All-china Federation Of Trade Unions / Ng Sek Hong And Olivia Ip -- Women's Unemployment And Public-sector Restructuring : The Case Of Urban China / Xiaoyuan Dong, Yang Jiangchun, Du Fenglian, And Sai Ding -- Beyond The Iron Rice Bowl : Life Stage And Family Dynamics In Unemployed Chinese Workers / Richard H. Price, Jin Nam Choi, And Sandy Lim -- No Wage And No Land : New Forms Of Unemployment In Rural China / Rachel Murphy And Ran Tao -- Developing Labour Market Policies In China : The Experience Of Shanghai / Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner -- Active Labour Market Policies In The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner -- Unemployment In The Macao Special Administrative Region / Shuming Zhao And Xiangnan Tao -- Steeling For Reform : State-enterprise Restructuring And The Surplus Labor Question / John Hassard, Jonathan Morris, Jackie Sheehan, And Xiao Yuxin -- Downsizing Strategies, Human Resource Management And Organizational Changes In Chinese Enterprises / Shuming Zhao And Yongqiang Liu. Edited By Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series Title......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Tables......Page 8 Figures......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 18 Abbreviations......Page 20 Part I: General......Page 22 1 Setting the scene: Unemployment in China......Page 24 2 Primitive accumulation, transition and unemployment in China......Page 38 3 Urban unemployment in China: A background analysis (1995-2003)......Page 57 Part II: Themes......Page 84 4 Unemployment in China and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions......Page 86 5 Women’s employment and public sector restructuring: The case of urban China......Page 108 6 Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Life stage and family dynamics in unemployed Chinese workers......Page 129 7 No wage and no land: New forms of unemployment in rural China......Page 149 Part III: Case studies......Page 170 8 Developing labour market policies in China: The experience of Shanghai......Page 172 9 Active labour market policies in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region......Page 187 10 Unemployment in the Macao Special Administrative Region......Page 205 11 Steeling for reform: State-enterprise restructuring and the surplus labour question......Page 224 12 Downsizing strategies, human resource management and organizational changes in Chinese enterprises......Page 250 Part IV: Conclusion......Page 274 13 Conclusion: Unemployment in China......Page 276 Glossary......Page 282 Index......Page 284 Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking.Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this book shows how unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing, leading to a large increase in unemployment. At the same time, further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout China. A further problem is that new jobs in China's growth industries are more likely to be secured by younger, better-qualified workers than by older, poorly educated and unskilled workers who have been laid off. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China and examines the problems in particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence, this book discusses issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China. It examines problems of particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China, and examines problems of particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward