Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets

Grace O.M. Lee (Curatore)

Malcolm Warner (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2012

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.

• Curatore: Grace O.M. Lee, Malcolm Warner
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 286 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 530 gr.
• EAN: 9780415511599

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