The Workers' State Meets the Market

Papers in this collection draw on a wide variety of data sources to analyse key elements of the upsurge in labour mobility and the emergence of a market-driven system of labour allocation in China in the 1990's.

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Among the most dramatic changes to affect China in the 1990s is the upsurge in labour mobility and the emergence of a market-driven system of labour allocation, changes which profoundly affect the working environment and livelihoods of the Chinese people. Papers in this collection draw on a wide variety of data sources to analyse key elements of this transformation.