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 The China Population and Labor Yearbook: The Approaching Lewis Turning Point and Its Policy Implications

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xlii)   (267K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Figures
    • List Of Tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • List Of Contributors
    • Introduction Population, Migration, And The Lewis Turning Point In China By Kam Wing Chan
  • A New Era In China’s Demographic Dynamics (1-32) by Gu Baochang   (182K)
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    • I. Population Growth
    • II. Total Fertility Rate
    • III. Fertility Behavior
    • IV. Population Aging
    • V. Sex Ratio At Birth
    • VI. Urban System
    • References
  • The Impact Of Demographic Change On Labor Supply In China (33-48) by Liao Shaohong and Zheng Zhenzhen   (170K)
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    • Abstract
    • I. Framework Of Demographic Change And Labor Supply
    • II. Changes In Fertility Level And Size Of Labor Supply
    • III. Changes In Childbearing Pattern And Family Labor Supply
    • IV. Changes In Age Structure And Labor Supply
    • V. Marital Status And Labor Supply
    • VI. Impacts Of Family Structure And Living Arrangements On Labor Supply
    • VII. Conclusion
    • References
  • China’s Process Of Aging Before Getting Rich (49-64) by Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan   (156K)
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    • I. Unusual Population Transition Leading To Premature Aging
    • II. China’s Aging And Its Affect On The Labor Supply
    • III. The Continuing Growth Of Labor Demand
    • IV. Is Chinese Society Taking Enough Precautions For Its Aging Era?
    • V. Conclusion And Policy Suggestions
  • The Demographic Dividend And Sustainability Of China’s Economic Growth (65-84) by Wang Dewen and Cai Fang   (161K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Characteristics Of Demographic Transition In China
    • III. Implications Of Demographic Transition For Growth
    • IV. Economic Contributions Of China’s Demographic Transition
    • V. Future Outlook
    • References
  • Transforming Unemployment Shock Into Labor Market Development (85-98) by Wang Meiyan and Cai Fang   (125K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Expansion And Diversification Of Urban Employment
    • III. Controllable Urban Employment
    • IV. Proactive Policy Package
    • V. What Lessons Have Been Learned
    • References
  • Labor Cost Increase And Growth Pattern Transition (99-120) by Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan   (302K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Input-Driven Growth Pattern Sustained By Demographic Dividend
    • III. Population Structure Change And Labor Shortage
    • IV. Wage Increases Caused By Labor Shortage
    • V. Policy Implications Of The Increase In Labor Costs
    • VI. Policy Suggestions
    • References
    • Appendix Table: Increase Rate Of Mean Wage By Sector
  • The Counterfactuals Of Unlimited Surplus Labor In Rural China (121-136) by Cai Fang and Wang Meiyan   (233K)
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    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. Expansion Of Non-Agricultural Employment
    • III. Surplus Laborers And Their Age Structure
    • IV. Facts Critical To Rural Development
    • V. Conclusion And Policy Implications
    • References
  • Rural Labor-Force Allocation Report—An Investigation Of 2,749 Villages (137-152) by Han Jun, Cui Chuanyi and Fan Aiai   (201K)
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    • I. Changes In Rural Employment
    • II. New Characteristics In The Transfer Of Rural Laborers
    • IV. The Transfer Of Rural Laborers Enters The New Stage
    • V. Conclusions And Policy Suggestions
  • Wage Arrears And Discrimination Against Migrant Workers In China’s Urban Labor Market (153-176) by Wang Meiyan   (133K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Data Description
    • III. Wage Arrears For Migrant Workers
    • III. Labor Market Discrimination Against Migrant Workers
    • IV. Main Conclusions And Policy Implications
  • The Potentials Of Labor Supply And Policy Reactions To The Lewis Turning Point (177-194) by Du Yang   (256K)
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    • I. It’s Time To Exploit The Potential For Labor Supply
    • II. Current Potentials For Labor Supply
    • III. The Age Profile Of The Labor Supply
    • IV. Increasing Human Capital Accumulation
    • V. Labor Force Participation
    • VI. Policy Reactions To Labor Shortage
    • VII. Education Service For Migrants’ Children
    • VIII. Health Care For Migrants
    • IX. Labor Protection
    • X. The Level Of Benefits
    • References
  • The Lewis Turning Point And Its Implications To Labor Protection (195-210) by Du Yang, Gao Wenshu and Wang Meiyan   (177K)
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    • I. Labor Market Development And Labor Protection
    • II. The Progress Of Labor Protection In China
    • III. Implications Of The Lewis Turning Point To Labor Protection
    • IV. Laws And Regulations On Labor Protection
  • Educational Return And Resource Allocation Between Rural And Urban Areas (211-244) by Wang Meiyan   (166K)
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    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. Data Description
    • III. Basic Situation Of Workers’ Education And Earnings
    • IV. Estimation On Educational Returns
    • V. Conclusions And Policy Implications
    • Appendix
  • Industrialization Process In China: The Need To Break Through The Conventional Mode (245-264) by Pan Jiahua and Feng San   (152K)
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    • I. Chinese Economic Growth Still Depends On Traditional Capital-Intensive Industrialization Mode In Recent Years
    • II. Deadlock Under The Conventional Mode Of Industrialization
    • III. International Pressure For Approach To Industrialization
    • IV. The Steel Sector Example
    • V. Conventional Industrialization Shift
  • Globalization, Shortage, And Demand For Labor (265-284) by Wang Dewen   (301K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Openness And Specialization
    • III. Shortage Of Rural Migrant Workers
    • IV. Demand For Labor
    • V. Conclusion And Policy Suggestion
    • References
  • Index (285-286)   (77K)