Weathering a storm : survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (English)

Evidence from a range of different sources suggests that Chinese workers lost 20-36 million jobs because of the global financial crisis. Most of these layoffs affected migrant workers, who have typically lacked employment protection, tend to be concentrated in export-oriented sectors, and were among the easiest to dismiss when the crisis hit. Although it was severe, the employment shock was short-lived. By mid-2009, the macroeconomic stimulus and...

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Cai, Fang;

Du,Yang;

Giles,John T.;

Park,Albert Francis;
Document Date
2012/03/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5984
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2012/03/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Weathering a storm : survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis
Keywords
migrant

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Cai, Fang; Du,Yang; Giles,John T.; Park,Albert Francis.

Weathering a storm : survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5984 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/920501468221678504

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