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Job placements and job shifts in China : the effects of education, family background and gender /

The book investigates the impact of the market-oriented economic reform in China on a unique aspect of the labor market outcomes - individuals' access to different employment sectors, that is, the state and collective sector, the private sector, and the sector of family contract farming in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wu, Lijuan, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, [2014]
Colección:Peking University series on sociology and anthropology ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. The structure of employment sectors in China. The hierarchy of employment sectors in the pre-reform era. Reforms of the employment sectors. Changed structure of employment sectors in the reform fra
  • ch. 3. Literature review and research hypotheses. The segmentation of labor markets. The market transition debate. Understanding job placements and job shifts in transitional China
  • ch. 4. Data and methods. Data. Sample. Dependent variables. Independent variables. Control variables. Analytical strategies
  • ch. 5. Where to start? Job placements across employment sectors among young workers. Effects of year. Effects of education. Effects of family background: Social capital versus family strategy. Effects of gender. Effects of control variables. Summary
  • ch. 6. To change or not to change? Job shifts across employment sectors among older workers. Effects of original employment sectors. Effects of education. Effects of family background: Social capital versus family strategy. Effects of gender. Effects of control variables. Summary
  • ch. 7. Conclusion and discussion.