TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gallagher, Mary
AU  - Giles, John
AU  - Park, Albert
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013//
TI  - China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
T3  - Policy Research Working Paper 6542
PB  - World Bank
CY  - Washington, DC
KW  - AGE GROUP
KW  - AGE GROUPS
KW  - AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
KW  - AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT
KW  - COLLEGE EDUCATION
KW  - COLLEGE GRADUATE
KW  - COLLEGE GRADUATES
KW  - CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
KW  - DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
KW  - DISCUSSIONS
KW  - DISMISSAL
KW  - DOMESTIC WORKERS
KW  - ECONOMIC GROWTH
KW  - ECONOMIC THEORY
KW  - ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
KW  - EMPLOYEE
KW  - EMPLOYMENT
KW  - EMPLOYMENT FORM
KW  - EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
KW  - EMPLOYMENT IMPACT
KW  - EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
KW  - EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
KW  - EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
KW  - EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
KW  - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
KW  - EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
KW  - EXCESSIVE REGULATION
KW  - FIRING COSTS
KW  - FIRM PERFORMANCE
KW  - FIRM SIZE
KW  - FIRM SURVEY
KW  - FIRM SURVEYS
KW  - HEALTH INSURANCE
KW  - HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
KW  - HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
KW  - HOUSING
KW  - HUMAN RESOURCES
KW  - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
KW  - INDUSTRIAL LABOR
KW  - INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
KW  - INFORMAL SECTOR
KW  - JOB CREATION
KW  - JOB SECURITY
KW  - JOB VACANCY
KW  - JOBS
KW  - LABOR BUREAU
KW  - LABOR BUREAUS
KW  - LABOR CONTRACT
KW  - LABOR CONTRACTS
KW  - LABOR COSTS
KW  - LABOR DEMAND
KW  - LABOR DISPUTES
KW  - LABOR ECONOMICS
KW  - LABOR FORCE
KW  - LABOR INSPECTION
KW  - LABOR LAW
KW  - LABOR LAWS
KW  - LABOR LEGISLATION
KW  - LABOR MARKET
KW  - LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
KW  - LABOR MARKETS
KW  - LABOR POLICIES
KW  - LABOR REGULATION
KW  - LABOR REGULATIONS
KW  - LABORERS
KW  - LARGE CITIES
KW  - LAYOFFS
KW  - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KW  - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
KW  - LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
KW  - MANDATES
KW  - MIGRANT WORKERS
KW  - MIGRATION
KW  - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
KW  - OLDER WORKERS
KW  - PENALTIES
KW  - PENSIONS
KW  - PRIMARY EDUCATION
KW  - PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
KW  - PRIVATE FIRMS
KW  - PRIVATE SECTOR
KW  - PUBLIC SERVICES
KW  - REAL WAGES
KW  - RECOMMENDATIONS
KW  - RURAL WORKERS
KW  - SAFETY
KW  - SERVICE SECTOR
KW  - SERVICE SECTORS
KW  - SEVERANCE PAY
KW  - SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
KW  - SMALL BUSINESS
KW  - SMALL BUSINESSES
KW  - SOCIAL PROTECTION
KW  - SOCIAL SECURITY
KW  - STATE ENTERPRISES
KW  - STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
KW  - STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
KW  - TEMPORARY WORK
KW  - TEMPORARY WORKERS
KW  - TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
KW  - TRADE UNIONS
KW  - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
KW  - UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
KW  - UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
KW  - UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
KW  - URBAN EMPLOYMENT
KW  - URBAN WORKERS
KW  - URBANIZATION
KW  - WAGE EMPLOYMENT
KW  - WAGE INCREASES
KW  - WAGE LEVELS
KW  - WORK IN PROGRESS
KW  - WORKER
KW  - WORKER PARTICIPATION
KW  - WORKERS
KW  - WORKING
KW  - WORKING CONDITIONS
KW  - WORKING TIME
KW  - WORKPLACE
KW  - YOUNGER WORKERS
AB  - 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.
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15902
LA  - English
ID  - 797610030
ER  -