Political Economy of Labor Mobility (Contemporary Economics)

Author: Cai et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Contemporary Economics Series. This series is committed to promoting the modernization and international standardization of Chinese economics, aiming to gradually complete the transformation of China's economy from traditional to modern in terms of research scope, content, methods, and analytical techniques within a relatively short period. We hope to gain the support of economists in our pursuit, encouraging them to contribute high-quality standard economic works to this series, thereby jointly working to improve the level of Chinese economics and establish it firmly in the global economics landscape. This book employs a theoretical framework of political economy to comprehensively analyze the issue of labor mobility and conducts corresponding empirical research, hoping to make contributions to the in-depth study of this field. Since the mid-1980s, labor mobility and population migration have become a socially significant phenomenon of widespread concern and a hot topic for theoretical research and discussion. The authors of this book have long been concerned with the "three rural" problems caused by urban-rural segmentation, particularly the related issue of labor mobility between urban and rural areas. In this book, they use a political economy theoretical framework to study the mobility of rural labor in China between urban and rural areas and across regions. This is a crucial phenomenon in China's economic development process, comprehensively analyzing the issue of labor mobility caused by urban-rural segmentation in China and conducting corresponding empirical research. China's unique institutional phenomena and rapid changes make the research in this book highly significant in both practical and academic theoretical terms. The book is logically rigorous, well-annotated, and utilizes a wealth of statistical data and charts, making it a valuable read.