Essays about: "china wages"

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  1. 16. EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON WAGES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, 2002-2008

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Andres Mella Jimenez De Munana; [2013]
    Keywords : Wages; Foreign Direct Investment; Manufacturing; Political Economy; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis is to analyze the effects of FDI on wages in the manufacturing sector from 2002-2008 in 33 different countries. The introductory chapter will review existing literature, distinguishing between neoclassical, political economy and sociology approaches. READ MORE

  3. 17. Equal Pay for Equal Work or Unequal Pay for Equal Work?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tove Jarl; [2013]
    Keywords : China; gender; wage gap; transition economy; Oaxaca-Blinder; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates how the Chinese transition from a planned economy towards an emerging market economy has affected the income gap between men and women in urban China. Before the market reform, non-market mechanisms allocated labour and wages. READ MORE

  4. 18. 21st Century Market Integration in China: An Analysis Based on The Average Wages of Urban Units at Provincial Level

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mingyang Guo; [2013]
    Keywords : Key words: China; Wages; Urban units; Market integration; Regional disparities; Government policies; Sigma convergence; Beta convergence; Correlation coefficient; Convergence.; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract: China is a huge country which had experienced economic booms since the last thirty years, while the country had become one of the world’s largest economies, its internal disorders arising from growing disparities between regions had become one of the important impediments for further growth and causes for social instability. At such stake, attentions were paid by the government around 2000 to encourage market integration. READ MORE

  5. 19. Economic Growth and Provincial Market Integration in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kawing Leung; [2012]
    Keywords : China; provinces; wages; prices; sigma convergence; beta convergence; correlation coefficient; market integration; economic growth; inequality; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper, using Chinese provincial sector data, I examine the market integration between provinces in China both in wages and different prices of commodity. I use the beta convergence, sigma convergence and the correlation coefficient to determine the degree of market integration and analyze how the wages and prices have differed over time for the period 1986 to 2011. READ MORE

  6. 20. Regionalism Chinese Style: Measuring Labor Market Integration in Contemporary China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Dimitrios Tsangaris; [2012]
    Keywords : China; Divergence; Economic Convergence; Equality; Geography; Growth; Income; Labor Institutions; Labor Market; Poverty; Regionalism; Social Welfare; Wages; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The concept of economic convergence is nowadays both a challenge and an ambitious objective. In this concept one may find equality in growth through a dynamic “catching up” relationship. A gigantic economy such as China came back on the global scene through a miraculous growth trip that occurred during the last thirty years. READ MORE