What is China’s True Unemployment Rate?

Using data from a unique survey conducted in five large Chinese cities that employed an internationally comparable definition of unemployment, we find that the unemployment rate of urban permanent residents was 14.0 percent in 2002. Comparing unemployment rate estimates across time and space using d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giles, J, Park, A, Zhang, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005