2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Migration and Labor Market in China : Has Chinese Economy Passed the Lewis's Turning Point?
| Project/Area Number |
20530258
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Momoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAN Shanping Momoyama Gakuin University, 経済学部, 教授 (00248056)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 中国経済 / 二重構造 / 転換点 / 労働力の無制限供給 / 労働力移動 / 労働市場 / 農民工 / 農家経済 / 珠江デルタ / 上海市 / 就業実態調査 / 出稼ぎ労働者 / 賃金 / 権利保障 / 帰郷 |
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| Research Abstract |
(1)We carried out a large scale questionnaire which is about the employment, wage and life of the temporary migrants in nine cities of the Zhu Jiang delta in 2008, and another one in shanghai in 2009. By the surveys, we developed a lot of primary data. At the same time, we collected some official data such as the population census and the Agriculture Census of China. Through these, the database for this research has been built.
(2) We found in the research that the social and economic conditions of the supply and demand on the labor market in China are changing, and the unlimited labor supply is really becoming more difficult. However, we cannot explain the Lewis's turning point in China only by that. In the fundamental policies about the rural and peasants, and the employment, wages, and social security, a diastrophism is occurring, and has a strong impact on the labor market. All of these factors must be taken into consideration also.
(3) The wall of the household registration (hukou) which is existing in the dual structure of rural-urban, and the dual labor market in the large cities, becomes low, and the role of individual's ability and effort is becoming important. If correction of the defect of many institutions is performed further, the agricultural surplus labor may be effectively used, and the labor restrictions to economic growth will also be eased.
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