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August 2002

Employment restructuring during China’s economic transition

Ming Lu, Jianyong Fan, Shejian Liu, Yan Yan

As in developed countries, China's service sector has become the main job creator, the country's labor force is better educated, and the average age of the employed is rising; driving those phenomena are a fast-paced employment restructuring and a growing private enterprise at the expense of State and collective ownership.

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