TY - UNPB
T1 - Labor Market Segregation and Integration in China: A Spatial and Sectoral Analysis, 1988-2002
AU - Wang, Xiaobing
AU - Piesse, Jenifer
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This paper examines changes in labour markets in China, using household surveys for 1988, 1995 and 2002. The legacy of a strictly segregated labour market has resulted in immobility across sectors. Returns to education and experience are low, particularly in the rural non-agriculture sector. Following reform, labour market integration has progressed slowly with convergence in incomes between the rural non-agriculture sector and the urban informal sector in 1995 when rural industry flourished. However, the wage gap between the rural non-agriculture sector and other sectors increased significantly in 2002. The urban formal sector remains segregated with respect to all other sectors.
AB - This paper examines changes in labour markets in China, using household surveys for 1988, 1995 and 2002. The legacy of a strictly segregated labour market has resulted in immobility across sectors. Returns to education and experience are low, particularly in the rural non-agriculture sector. Following reform, labour market integration has progressed slowly with convergence in incomes between the rural non-agriculture sector and the urban informal sector in 1995 when rural industry flourished. However, the wage gap between the rural non-agriculture sector and other sectors increased significantly in 2002. The urban formal sector remains segregated with respect to all other sectors.
KW - China, Labour Market Segmentation and Integration, Mobility, Migration
M3 - Working paper
T3 - KCL Department of Management Research Paper Series
BT - Labor Market Segregation and Integration in China: A Spatial and Sectoral Analysis, 1988-2002
CY - London
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