This open access book investigates female employment and the gender gap in the labor market and households during China’s economic transition period. It provi

After three decades of economic reform, China is experiencing substantial demographic changes and a steady structural transformation toward a market economy. Th

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour. In recent years however there has been growing concern about wages and labour stand

Since the mid-1990s, as China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread