@Book{797610030,
author="Gallagher, Mary
and Giles, John
and Park, Albert",
title="China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers",
series="Policy Research Working Paper 6542",
year="2013",
publisher="World Bank",
address="Washington, DC",
keywords="AGE GROUP; AGE GROUPS; AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT; AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT; COLLEGE EDUCATION; COLLEGE GRADUATE; COLLEGE GRADUATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DISCUSSIONS; DISMISSAL; DOMESTIC WORKERS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT FORM; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK; EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION; EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP; EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; EMPLOYMENT SITUATION; EXCESSIVE REGULATION; FIRING COSTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM SIZE; FIRM SURVEY; FIRM SURVEYS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMAN RESOURCES; HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL LABOR; INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; JOB CREATION; JOB SECURITY; JOB VACANCY; JOBS; LABOR BUREAU; LABOR BUREAUS; LABOR CONTRACT; LABOR CONTRACTS; LABOR COSTS; LABOR DEMAND; LABOR DISPUTES; LABOR ECONOMICS; LABOR FORCE; LABOR INSPECTION; LABOR LAW; LABOR LAWS; LABOR LEGISLATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR POLICIES; LABOR REGULATION; LABOR REGULATIONS; LABORERS; LARGE CITIES; LAYOFFS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; LOW UNEMPLOYMENT; MANDATES; MIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRATION; MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS; OLDER WORKERS; PENALTIES; PENSIONS; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRIVATE ENTERPRISES; PRIVATE FIRMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICES; REAL WAGES; RECOMMENDATIONS; RURAL WORKERS; SAFETY; SERVICE SECTOR; SERVICE SECTORS; SEVERANCE PAY; SEVERANCE PAYMENTS; SMALL BUSINESS; SMALL BUSINESSES; SOCIAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATE ENTERPRISES; STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORARY WORK; TEMPORARY WORKERS; TOTAL EMPLOYMENT; TRADE UNIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES; URBAN EMPLOYMENT; URBAN WORKERS; URBANIZATION; WAGE EMPLOYMENT; WAGE INCREASES; WAGE LEVELS; WORK IN PROGRESS; WORKER; WORKER PARTICIPATION; WORKERS; WORKING; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; YOUNGER WORKERS",
abstract="This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new law, which has likely contributed to reversing a trend toward increasing informalization of the urban labor market. Enforcement of the law, however, varies substantially across cities. The paper analyzes the determinants of worker satisfaction with the enforcement of the law, the propensity of workers to have a labor contract, workers' awareness of the content of the law, and their likelihood of initiating disputes. The paper finds that all of these factors are highly correlated with the level of education, especially for migrants. Although higher labor costs may have had a negative impact on manufacturing employment growth, this has not led to an overall increase in aggregate unemployment or prevented the rapid growth of real wages. Less progress has been made in increasing social insurance coverage, although signing a labor contract is more likely to be associated with participation in social insurance programs than in the past, particularly for migrant workers.",
url="http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15902",
language="English"
}