From permanent employment to massive layoffs: The political economy of 'transitional unemployment' in urban China (1993-8)

Economy and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-299

  Gu, Edward X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Danwei; Institutional reform; Laid off workers; New institutionalism; Transitional unemployment; Welfare socialism

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0032788782     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149900000006     Document Type: Article

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