Title
The Effect of China's Economic Reform Program on the Employment Structure in China's Urban Areas
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-15-2000
Keywords
Asia, China, labor, market reform
Abstract
A review of China's economic and political reforms since 1978 is provided and then linked to structural change in China's urban labor force as a result of the reform process. Analysis of data on urban labor allocation in China from 1978-97 indicates labor is being reallocated from the public sector to the private sector at a very rapid pace. The data indicates the urban labor has doubled and employment in the private sector has increased from nearly zero to a little over 30% in a 20 year period. The data also suggest that Chinese estimates of urban employment and unemployment are underestimated in official records.
Publisher
Department of Economics, South Dakota State University
Series Number
2000-13
Number of Pages
28
Recommended Citation
Xu, Feng; Fausti, Scott; Adamson, Dwight; and Kim, H., "The Effect of China's Economic Reform Program
on the Employment Structure in China's Urban Areas" (2000). Economics Staff Paper Series. 150.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/econ_staffpaper/150