Research Catalog

Title

Wage patterns and wage policy in modern China, 1919-1972.

Author

Howe, Christopher.

Publication

Cambridge [England] University Press, 1973.

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Details

Description

xvi, 171 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Study of the changes in wage structure and wage policy in China from 1919 to 1972 - examines wage structures in planned economies and low income countries, discusses the evolution and effectiveness of wage policy, describes the main component of wage determination (incl. The process of planning and wages reform movements), and analyses the economic implications of the wage incentive system. Bibliography pp. 155 to 161, references and statistical tables.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions.

Subject

• Geschichte 1919-1972
• Wages > China
• Wages
• Lohn
• Salarissen
• Loonbeleid
• wage structure
• wage policy
• planned economy
• low income
• wage determination
• planning
• wages
• economic implication
• wage incentive
• statistical table
• Salaires > Chine
• structure du salaire
• politique des salaires
• économie planifiée
• faible revenu
• fixation du salaire
• planification
• salaire
• conséquences économiques
• prime de salaire
• tableau statistique
• estructura de los salarios
• política salarial
• economía planificada
• bajos ingresos
• determinación del salario
• planificación
• salario
• consecuencias económicas
• incentivo en metálico
• cuadros estadísticos
• China
• China
• Chine > Politique économique > 20e siècle
• Chine

Genre/Form

• bibliography.
• reference.
• bibliographie.
• référence bibliographique.
• bibliografía.
• referencia.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 155-161.

Contents

List of diagrams -- List of tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Wage structure and development -- The structure of industrial wages before 1949 -- The level and structure of wages since 1949 -- The effectiveness of wage policy -- The process of wage determination: plans and evaluation -- The process of wage determination: the wage reforms -- The limits of wage control -- The overall incentive structure: wage forms, job tenure and emulation -- Optimal incentive policy and the future of the Chinese economy -- Analytical summary -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of persons and place names.

ISBN

• 0521201993
• 9780521201995

LCCN

72097875

OCLC

• ocm00677158
• 677158
• SCSB-106695

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library