Human Relations
Volume 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-352

The impact of China’s new Labour Contract Law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers (Article)

Cheng Z.* , Smyth R. , Guo F.
  • a The University of Wollongong, Australia
  • b Monash University, Australia
  • c Macquarie University, Australia

Abstract

This article examines the effect of having a labour contract on a range of employee outcomes (wages, hours worked, social insurance coverage and subjective well-being) for a sample of urban and migrant workers in China using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) project. Using different methods, we find that the Labour Contract Law has larger effects for urban workers than for migrant workers on receipt of social benefits, subjective well-being and wages, but not for hours worked. © The Author(s) 2015.

Author Keywords

China Propensity score matching Migrant worker Labour Contract Law urban worker

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84924917831&doi=10.1177%2f0018726714543480&partnerID=40&md5=6003c90bd15b562f0893737f3f3946d1
DOI: 10.1177/0018726714543480
ISSN: 00187267
Cited by: 30
Original Language: English