Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2001-08-17
Number: 01-072/1
Author-Name: Eelco Modderman
Author-Name: Cees Gorter
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author-Name: Jasper Dalhuisen
Author-Email: jdalhuisen@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author-Name: Peter Nijkamp
Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Title: Labour Manoeuvrability and Economic Performance in Township-Village Enterprises: The Case of China
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explain the relationship between economic performance and labourmanoeuvrability of township-village enterprises in the Jiangsu province, China. We start with a generaloverview of the development in the Chinese economy and the functioning of labour markets. Next, weperform a statistical analysis on economic performance and labour market behaviour based on a sampleof 103 enterprises. The flexibility to fire employees turns out to have a considerable impact on growth inadded value of the enterprises, whereas hiring flexibility appears to have negligible effects.
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