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The emergence of the institution of mingongzhi and its implications for a unified labour market in China

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dc.contributor.authorZhu, Cherrie Jiuhua
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Mingqiong
dc.contributor.authorThomson, Stanley Bruce
dc.contributor.authorNyland, Chris
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Yue
dc.contributor.editorWang, Yue
dc.contributor.editorRamburuth, Prem
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-14T19:21:31Z
dc.date.available2025-03-14T19:21:31Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThere have been significant changes in the available workforce in Chinese cities due to the influx of millions of migrant workers as the consequence of economic reforms. Drawing on institutional theory, this chapter discusses the emergence of the 'institution of mingongzhi' (mingong means farmer-turned workers and zhi means system in Chinese) and provides a justification for applying the label of institution. Mingongzhi refers to a social-economic system under which certain people or social groups, known as mingong here, are socially excluded in urban areas of contemporary China. Based on the empirical evidence from the case studies and surveys conducted in Changsha and Haerbin, we found the existence of the institution of mingongzhi even after many of the barriers for rural migrants were removed by the central government. We argue that mingongzhi needs to be deinstitutionalized if China is to establish a unified labour market as advocated by the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization.
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dc.identifier.citationZhu, C. J., Zhang, M., Thomson, S. B., Nyland, C., & Guo, Y. (2010). The emergence of the institution of mingongzhi and its Implications for a unified labour market in China. In Y. Wang & P. Ramburuth (Eds.), Thirty years of China’s economic reform: Institutions, management organizations and foreign investment (pp. 17-36). Nova Science Publishers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3832
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectinstitutionalism
dc.subjectlabour market
dc.subjectrural migrant workers
dc.subjectinstitution of mingongzhi
dc.titleThe emergence of the institution of mingongzhi and its implications for a unified labour market in Chinaen
dc.typeBook Chapter

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