China’s Labor Market in the Transition: The Evolution From Segmentation to Integration

Ying, Chen; Tan, Simin; Wei, Yuanlin

This book explores the dynamics of the Chinese labor market, the largest in the world. The sheer scale of rural laborers living in cities is the ultimate engine driving the fastest urbanization the world has ever seen. Today, the country faces a series of new challenges as it tries to address problems of unemployment and under-employment. These include population ageing, automation, the increasing use of AI on the factory floor and other workplaces and Chinese manufacturers’ move up the value chain. The book presents an empirically rich and analytically rigorous account of how these challenges might be met. It will be of interest to labor economists, scholars of Chinese manufacturing, and researchers of the Chinese economy.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2025-07-24

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789819991624

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-9160-0

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 238.0