The impact of China's millennium labour restructuring program on firm performance and employee earnings

Economics of Transition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-245

  Dong, Xiao Yuan ^a   Xu, Lixin Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Downsizing; Employee earning; Firm performance; Ownership; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; LABOR; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 40949159397     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2008.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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