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China's Labor Market Integration and the Effect of Economic Openness
Author(s) -
Yi Miao,
Zhou Shen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/rode.12215
Subject(s) - openness to experience , china , economics , market integration , economic integration , factor market , market size , labour economics , international economics , market economy , macroeconomics , geography , psychology , social psychology , archaeology
This research theoretically and empirically studies China's labor market integration and the effect of economic openness. We introduce an open parameter to the previous theoretical framework and, based on that, we carry out an empirical study of China's labor market integration measurement from 1987 to 2006, and focus on the impact of economic openness. Research indicates that economic openness has an obvious effect on promoting China's labor market integration. The labor market integration progress differs between regions, with labor markets of coastal areas such as North China, East China and South China, which have one or two labor market centers, being better integrated than those of other interior areas.