Wage Patterns and Wage Policy in Modern China 1919–1972
Part of Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions
- Author: Christopher Howe
- Date Published: March 2009
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521102643
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This book provides an analysis of changes in the level and structure of wages in China from the 1920s to 1972. In the first part of the study Dr Howe uses this analysis as a starting point to evaluate the degree to which wage policy objectives have been achieved, particularly since 1949. The author explains both fluctuations in policy and discrepancies between plans and reality and examines the mechanisms of wage determination. In so doing, he makes it clear that even in a highly planned society there are some limits to what is possible in the regulation of wages and incomes. He goes on to argue that the wage system can only be understood within a common analysis of the whole framework of incentives and controls affecting the workforce. This approach sheds new light, not only on the development of the wage system but on economic aspects of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath.
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- Date Published: March 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521102643
- length: 188 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.28kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Wage structure and development
2. The structure of industrial wages before 1949
3. The level and structure of wages since 1949
4. The effectiveness of wage policy
5. The process of wage determination: plans and evaluation
6. The process of wage determination: the wage reforms
7. The limits of wage control
8. The overall incentive structure: wage forms, job tenure and emulation
9. Optimal incentive policy and the future of the Chinese economy
10. Analytical summary
Bibliography
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