Nonstandard Employment and Job Satisfaction across Time in China: Evidence from the Chinese General Social Survey (2006–2012)

Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon and Can Tang
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Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon: National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
Can Tang: Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China

Work, Employment & Society, 2021, vol. 35, issue 3, 411-431

Abstract: This study examines the association of nonstandard employment with job satisfaction over time in China. An analysis is carried out using the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), a large cross-sectional survey that collected data from over 3000 workers across different industries, ownership types and regions in China in 2006, 2008 and 2012. The empirical results show that in 2006, nonstandard employment workers, on average, were less satisfied with their jobs than their counterparts in standard employment, all else being equal. However, these differences in job satisfaction became very small and insignificant in 2008 and 2012. The results from the propensity score matching exercise provide a similar conclusion. These findings suggest that improvements in regulations and employment relations in China have increased job satisfaction for nonstandard employment workers.

Keywords: China; job satisfaction; Labour Contract Law; nonstandard employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017020926365

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