Growth, Employment, and Public Policy

Author: Xia Jiechang, Li Yongjian, Yao Zhanqi
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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 China's process of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, how to handle the relationship between the two is an important 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 "growth unemployment" phenomenon commonly found in market economy countries and conducts targeted discussions on how to solve the "growth unemployment" problem, proposing policy recommendations for building a public policy system centered on employment.