How Does China's New Labor Contract Law Affect Floating Workers?
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- Xiaoying Li & Richard B. Freeman, 2015. "How Does China's New Labour Contract Law Affect Floating Workers?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 53(4), pages 711-735, December.
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JEL classification:
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
- K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2013-07-28 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2013-07-28 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2013-07-28 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2013-07-28 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-MIG-2013-07-28 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-TRA-2013-07-28 (Transition Economics)
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