Unemployment in China

<p><em>Unemployment in China</em> offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking.</p><p>Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field this book shows how unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring while greatly improving efficiency have also sharply reduced overstaffing leading to a large increase in unemployment. </p><p>At the same time further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout China. A further problem is that new jobs in China's growth industries are more likely to be secured by younger better-qualified workers than by older poorly educated and unskilled workers who have been laid off. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China and examines the problems in particular cities appraises the government response and assesses the prospects going forward. </p>