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

Lakshmi Iyer; Xin Meng; Nancy Qian; Xiaoxue Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2019.04.003

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

Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian^*, Xiaoxue Zhao

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-600
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Comparative Economics
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2019.04.003
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

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