Hospital Numerical Flexibility and Nurse Economic Security in C hina and I ndia

This article contrasts the flexibility of C hinese and I ndian urban hospitals and the security of nurses. The study draws on a survey of 55 urban hospitals, and finds that national context generates different flexibility–security outcomes even when workers with similar skills are considered. Our findings support claims that C hina is constructing a flexibility–security regime that aims to promote both security and flexibility, and that I ndia remains attached to employer‐based social protection, but challenges the claim that economic growth is higher in C hina because I ndia's employers have relatively less capacity to utilize labour‐time as they wish.