Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China
Using data from a national survey of Chinese manufacturing firms conducted in 2009, the authors analyze the impact of implementation of China's 2008 labor contract law on the employment of production workers. The authors found that cities with...
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okr-10986-271062021-04-23T14:04:40Z Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China Park, Albert Giles, John Du, Yang ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT CORPORATIONS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISMISSAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES HEALTH INSURANCE HIRING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB SECURITY REGULATIONS JOBS LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR LAW LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MIGRANT WORKERS PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIVATE FIRMS PRODUCTION WORKERS SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SMALL FIRMS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STORES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TEMPORARY WORK TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING COSTS TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORKER Using data from a national survey of Chinese manufacturing firms conducted in 2009, the authors analyze the impact of implementation of China's 2008 labor contract law on the employment of production workers. The authors found that cities with lax prior enforcement of labor regulations experienced a greater increase in enforcement after 2008 and slower employment growth, and that this finding is robust to inclusion of a rich set of city-level controls and the use of alternative measures of enforcement effort. Although firms affected by the global economic crisis did not report less strict enforcement of the new law, there is evidence that their employment adjustment was less sensitive to enforcement of labor regulations than firms not affected by the crisis. 2017-06-13T19:53:11Z 2017-06-13T19:53:11Z 2012-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/827921468027562660/Labor-regulation-and-enterprise-employment-in-China http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27106 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |
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ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT CORPORATIONS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISMISSAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES HEALTH INSURANCE HIRING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB SECURITY REGULATIONS JOBS LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR LAW LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MIGRANT WORKERS PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIVATE FIRMS PRODUCTION WORKERS SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SMALL FIRMS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STORES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TEMPORARY WORK TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING COSTS TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORKER |
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ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT CORPORATIONS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISMISSAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES HEALTH INSURANCE HIRING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB SECURITY REGULATIONS JOBS LABOR BUREAUS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR LAW LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MIGRANT WORKERS PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIVATE FIRMS PRODUCTION WORKERS SERVICE SECTORS SEVERANCE PAY SMALL FIRMS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STORES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TEMPORARY WORK TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING COSTS TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORKER Park, Albert Giles, John Du, Yang Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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Using data from a national survey of
Chinese manufacturing firms conducted in 2009, the authors
analyze the impact of implementation of China's 2008
labor contract law on the employment of production workers.
The authors found that cities with lax prior enforcement of
labor regulations experienced a greater increase in
enforcement after 2008 and slower employment growth, and
that this finding is robust to inclusion of a rich set of
city-level controls and the use of alternative measures of
enforcement effort. Although firms affected by the global
economic crisis did not report less strict enforcement of
the new law, there is evidence that their employment
adjustment was less sensitive to enforcement of labor
regulations than firms not affected by the crisis. |
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Working Paper |
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Park, Albert Giles, John Du, Yang |
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Park, Albert Giles, John Du, Yang |
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Park, Albert |
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Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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Labor Regulation and Enterprise Employment in China |
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labor regulation and enterprise employment in china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/827921468027562660/Labor-regulation-and-enterprise-employment-in-China http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27106 |
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