China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
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 sub...
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okr-10986-159022021-04-23T14:03:26Z China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers Gallagher, Mary Giles, John Park, Albert Wang, Meiyan AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGE GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT FORM EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION EXCESSIVE REGULATION FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FIRM SURVEYS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB VACANCY JOBS LABOR BUREAU LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR DISPUTES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR INSPECTION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICIES LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABORERS LARGE CITIES LAYOFFS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATES MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OLDER WORKERS PENALTIES PENSIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGE LEVELS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER PARTICIPATION WORKERS WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING TIME WORKPLACE YOUNGER WORKERS 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. 2013-09-27T18:00:55Z 2013-09-27T18:00:55Z 2013-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030252/chinas-2008-labor-contract-law-implementation-implications-chinas-workers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15902 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6542 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |
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AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGE GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT FORM EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION EXCESSIVE REGULATION FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FIRM SURVEYS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB VACANCY JOBS LABOR BUREAU LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR DISPUTES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR INSPECTION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICIES LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABORERS LARGE CITIES LAYOFFS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATES MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OLDER WORKERS PENALTIES PENSIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGE LEVELS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER PARTICIPATION WORKERS WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING TIME WORKPLACE YOUNGER WORKERS |
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AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGE GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT FORM EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION EXCESSIVE REGULATION FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FIRM SURVEYS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB VACANCY JOBS LABOR BUREAU LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR DISPUTES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR INSPECTION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICIES LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABORERS LARGE CITIES LAYOFFS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATES MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OLDER WORKERS PENALTIES PENSIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGE LEVELS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER PARTICIPATION WORKERS WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING TIME WORKPLACE YOUNGER WORKERS Gallagher, Mary Giles, John Park, Albert Wang, Meiyan China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gallagher, Mary Giles, John Park, Albert Wang, Meiyan |
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Gallagher, Mary Giles, John Park, Albert Wang, Meiyan |
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Gallagher, Mary |
| title |
China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
| title_full |
China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers |
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china's 2008 labor contract law : implementation and implications for china's workers |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030252/chinas-2008-labor-contract-law-implementation-implications-chinas-workers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15902 |
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