Rural Labor Migration, Discrimination, and the New Dual Labor Market in China

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Chen, Guifu (Συγγραφέας), Hamori, Shigeyuki (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Labor economics.; Social sciences.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Social Sciences, general.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

This book studies some important issues in China’s labor market, such as rural labor migration, employment and wage discrimination, the new dual labor market, and economic returns on schooling, using the newer and representative data and advanced estimation models. This approach has yielded many int...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Rural Migration and Sectoral Earning Differences in Urban China
• A Solution to the Migrant Labor Shortage and Rural Labor Surplus in China
• Do Chinese Employers Discriminate against Females when Hiring Employees?
• An Empirical Analysis of Gender Wage Differentials in Urban China
• Bivariate Probit Analysis of the Differences between Male and Female Formal Employment in Urban China
• Formal and Informal Employment in Urban China – Income Differentials
• Economic Returns to Schooling in Urban China: OLS and the Instrumental Variables Approach
• First Publication.