Wage Patterns and Wage Policy in Modern China 1919-1972

Klappentext This book provides an analysis of changes in the level and structure of wages in China from the 1920s to 1972. Zusammenfassung The author explains both fluctuations in policy and discrepancies between plans and reality and examines the mechanisms of wage determination. In so doing! he makes it clear that even in a highly planned society there are some limits to what is possible in the regulation of wages and incomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Wage structure and development; 2. The structure of industrial wages before 1949; 3. The level and structure of wages since 1949; 4. The effectiveness of wage policy; 5. The process of wage determination: plans and evaluation; 6. The process of wage determination: the wage reforms; 7. The limits of wage control; 8. The overall incentive structure: wage forms, job tenure and emulation; 9. Optimal incentive policy and the future of the Chinese economy; 10. Analytical summary; Bibliography; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Howe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521102643
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10264-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries