Employment Impact of China's WTO Accession
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A01=A. S. Bhalla
A01=S. Qiu
A01=Shufang Qiu
Author_A. S. Bhalla
Author_S. Qiu
Author_Shufang Qiu
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Category=KCF
Category=KCL
Central Government
China's Agricultural Sector
China's Textile
China's WTO Accession
chinas
China’s Agricultural Sector
China’s Textile
Coastal Provinces
country
developed
Employment Elasticity
employment shifts after trade agreements
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
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eq_non-fiction
exchange
Export Gdp Ratio
exports
GDP Growth
global economic integration
GTAP
Household Appliances
labour market reform
non-coastal
Non-coastal Areas
Non-coastal Provinces
provinces
rate
RCA Index
reductions
Rk Er
rural to urban migration
SITC
SOE
SOE Reform
SOE Worker
state-owned enterprise restructuring
Ta Te
tariff
tertiary sector growth
trade liberalisation effects
Tv Set
Unilateral Tariff Reductions
WTO Accession
WTO Agreement
WTO Entry
WTO Membership
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- ISBN 9780415308397
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession. It argues that while short-run employment losses may occur, in the longer term China will be able to generate additional employment particularly in the tertiary sectors; and that it can maintain its comparative advantage in labour-intensive exports by relocating production from high-cost coastal areas to the hinterland with abundant supply of cheap labour.
It also argues that, although China is likely to benefit in the long run, in the short and medium term China is likely to face enormous problems, including increased unemployment as weaker links cease to be protected by tariffs, and the problem of restructuring state-owned enterprises.
Ajit S. Bhalla is an economic consultant based in Geneva. He was formerly Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, and Special Adviser to the President of IDRC (Canada). He has held academic positions at Manchester, Oxford and Yale Universities. His fields of specialization include economic development, poverty alleviation, and globalization. Shufang Qiu is an Economic and Business Consultant based in Cambridge, UK. He has worked for the Chinese Government on economic reforms. His research interests include poverty alleviation, World Trade Organisation and economic transition in China.
