Growth Employment and Public Policy

Author: Xia Jiechang
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Economic growth and full employment are two major and significant issues that governments cannot afford to overlook in policy-making. In the process of comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society in China, how to handle the relationship between the two is a crucial practical issue. This book starts with the study of their relationship, based on reviewing a large amount of domestic and foreign literature, and uses detailed data and examples to examine the relationship between growth and employment. It analyzes the phenomenon of "growth unemployment" commonly found in market economy countries and provides targeted discussions on how to solve the "growth unemployment" problem. It also proposes policy recommendations for establishing a public policy system centered on employment.