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On unemployment inflow and outflow in urban China
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Abstract As the largest transitional economy in the world, China's labour market has a number of characteristics distinctively different from that of the developed economies like the UK or the USA. This paper aims to identify the determinants of unemployment inflow and outflow in urban China. With empirical ... view more
As the largest transitional economy in the world, China's labour market has a number of characteristics distinctively different from that of the developed economies like the UK or the USA. This paper aims to identify the determinants of unemployment inflow and outflow in urban China. With empirical data for 29 provinces over the period 1989-99, it is found that rural-urban migration, ownership diversification, industrial structural change, international trade, international competitiveness, product wages, and age structure are key determinants of unemployment flows. The results suggest that due to market imperfections, unemployment inflow and outflow are two asymmetric processes with respect to the concerned pre-determined variables.... view less
Keywords
China
Classification
Political Economy
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
Regional unemployment; Ownership
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 811-822
Journal
Regional Studies, 40 (2006) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400600660748
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)