Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017)
Abstract Precarious work in China has drawn increasing attention, and this paper examines its changing trends from 2006 to 2017. It finds that as the state intensifies its intervention in the labor market, employers face a conflicting institutional environment with the demands of the technological e...
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| description | Abstract Precarious work in China has drawn increasing attention, and this paper examines its changing trends from 2006 to 2017. It finds that as the state intensifies its intervention in the labor market, employers face a conflicting institutional environment with the demands of the technological environment. Employers meet the legitimacy requirements of state policy by increasing the number of stable jobs on the one hand and reducing the labor costs of unstable workers on the other hand to smooth out the increase in labor costs caused by the increase in stable workers, resulting in a stronger segmentation of the “stable–unstable” dichotomy. These two processes are more pronounced in the private sector because of the stronger tensions between legitimization and performance maximization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dd4979b3c8a40689e39c4feb6c76fd22023-04-23T11:18:29ZengSpringerOpenThe Journal of Chinese Sociology2198-26352023-04-0110112210.1186/s40711-023-00183-8Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017)Bin Zhu0School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of ChinaAbstract Precarious work in China has drawn increasing attention, and this paper examines its changing trends from 2006 to 2017. It finds that as the state intensifies its intervention in the labor market, employers face a conflicting institutional environment with the demands of the technological environment. Employers meet the legitimacy requirements of state policy by increasing the number of stable jobs on the one hand and reducing the labor costs of unstable workers on the other hand to smooth out the increase in labor costs caused by the increase in stable workers, resulting in a stronger segmentation of the “stable–unstable” dichotomy. These two processes are more pronounced in the private sector because of the stronger tensions between legitimization and performance maximization.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-023-00183-8Unstable jobSegregation in the labor marketStabilizationStructuralization |
| spellingShingle | Bin Zhu Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) The Journal of Chinese Sociology Unstable job Segregation in the labor market Stabilization Structuralization |
| title | Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) |
| title_full | Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) |
| title_fullStr | Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) |
| title_short | Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017) |
| title_sort | stabilization and structuralization transformations of china s labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism 2006 2017 |
| topic | Unstable job Segregation in the labor market Stabilization Structuralization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-023-00183-8 |
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