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April 2009

China’s manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 2002-06

Erin Lett, Judith Banister

Both employment and compensation costs in China’s manufacturing sector increased rapidly from 2002 to 2006; employment increased more than 10 percent during those 4 years, to 112 million, while compensation costs increased more than 40 percent, to $0.81 per hour worked.

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