Economic transition and private-sector labor: Evidence from urban China

Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng (), Nancy Qian and Xiaoxue Zhao

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, vol. 47, issue 3, 579-600

Abstract: This paper studies the transition of labor from the state sector to the infant private sector in urban China. We examine the impact of the first wave of housing reforms, which untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector. We find that the reform significantly increased private housing ownership and private-sector employment, and reduced private-sector wages. The housing reform had no effect on unemployment or self-employment.

Keywords: Economic transition; Structural change; Labor mobility; Housing reform; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 O12 P2 P26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2019.04.003

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