Unemployment in China Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets [Hardcover]

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.

Part 1: General  1. Setting the Scene: Unemployment in China  2. Primitive Accumulation: Transition and Unemployment in China  3. Urban Unemployment in China: A Background Analysis 1998-2003  Part 2: Themes  4. Unemployment in China and the All-China Federation of Trade  5. Womens Unemployment and Public-Sector Restructuring: The Case of Urban China  6. Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Life Stage and Family Dynamics in Unemployed Chinese Workers  7. No Land and No Wage: Unemployment in Rural China   Part 3: Case-Studies  8. DevelolÃ.