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Editor's Introduction

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The seven selections in this issue are all concerned with various aspects of China's employment system. The earliest piece, selection 3 from 1982, deals with the >i>dingti>/i> or "standing in" policy, in which children were allowed to assume jobs in the enterprises of their parents upon the latter's retirement. Implemented on a national scale in 1978 largely to deal with the burgeoning problem of youth unemployment, the policy had always been controversial. The selection translated here is a thorough discussion of the positive and negative aspects of >i>dingti>/i> at a time when there were many calls to terminate the practice. The study focuses on eight large-scale enterprises in Beijing, assessing effects both within the enterprise and throughout the larger society. Eventually, the >i>dingti>/i> system was phased out with the rise of vocational schooling and was generally replaced by a policy that emphasized the training of workers prior to employment. The detailed survey conducted by the authors of section 3 reveals why the opposition to >i>dingti>/i> was so strong.

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  • Stanley Rosen, 1988. "Editor's Introduction," Chinese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 3-5, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:chinec:v:21:y:1988:i:4:p:3-5
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    1. Zafirovski, Milan, 1998. "Socio-economics and rational choice theory: Specification of their relations," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 27(2), pages 165-205.

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