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Examines the policies of labour reform in China, with particular reference to occupational inheritance, flexible labour efficiency wage and enterprise behaviour.
List of contents
Part 1 Administrative lawlessness: background; administrative lawlessness; administrative reform and enterprise independence; enterprises as "small states". Part 2 Occupational inheritance: occupational inheritance outside of China; origins?; terminology and forms of occupational inheritance; the labour system; early codification; after the cultural revolution; explanations. Part 3 Flexible labour: the right to work; temporary workers; the provisions of 1983; the regulations of the labour contract system; the regulations on violation of labour discipline; employment regulations; unemployment insurance; debates on the reform of the labour system; conclusion. Part 4 Efficiency wages and enterprise behaviour: terminology and issues; the dilemma of reform; the structure of Chinese wages; control of the wage fund; piece wages and bonuses; efficiency wages; planning efficiency; structural wages; the 1985 wage reform; enterprise behavior and limits to reform. Appendices: labour productivity in the 1980s; the system of wages in states institutions and state enterprises.
Summary
Examines the policies of labour reform in China, with particular reference to occupational inheritance, flexible labour efficiency wage and enterprise behaviour.
