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Evolution from Traditional to Modern Wage-Labor

In: The Basic Theory of Chinese Economy

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  • Yanan Wang

    (Xiamen University)

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This section analyzes the evolution from traditional to modern wage labor in China by examining how pre-existing labor forms affected the transition to modern wage relations. It highlights the “away-work” pattern, weak craft-guild organization, and merchant dominance as forces that subordinated production to commerce and discouraged reinvestment in industry. It further considers state-supervised industries, official monopolies, and dependent agricultural labor as additional obstacles to stable wage formation. The section argues that these historical conditions constrained later modernization, so that wage labor often developed in a distorted or hybrid form under capitalist influence.

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  • Yanan Wang, 2026. "Evolution from Traditional to Modern Wage-Labor," Springer Books, in: The Basic Theory of Chinese Economy, chapter 0, pages 139-143, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-95-6330-2_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-6330-2_21
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