Labor Market Institutions in China

Dr. Xinxin Ma is a professor at the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University. She holds a Ph.D. from Keio University. Her major areas of study include labor economics, development economics, and transition economics. She has served as a co-editor for the Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics, Asian Studies, and Journal of Chinese Economic Studies. Her current research interests focus on institutional transition and its impact on labor market outcomes in China. Her recent works have been published in China Economic Review, Journal of Asian Economics, China & World Economy, Economic Systems, and Emerging Markets Review. Dr. Ma is the author of "Economic Transition and Labor Market Reform in China" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), "Female Employment and Gender Gap in China" (Springer Nature, 2021), and "Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China" (Springer Nature, 2022).

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part I Social Institutions and Labor Market Policies.- Chapter 2 Trade Union and Union Wage Premium.- Chapter 3 Minimum Wage System and Wage Distributions.- Chapter 4 Labor Contract Policy, Employment Security and Job Satisfaction.- Chapter 5 High Education Expansion Policy and Wages of College Graduates.- Part II Wage and Employment Institutions in Internal Labor Market.- Chapter 6 Seniority Wage, Mandatory Retirement System and Wage-Experience Profile.- Chapter 7 Dual Labor Market: The Wage Gaps between Formal and Informal Sectors.- Chapter 8 Discriminations against Women and Minority Workers and Wage Gaps.- Chapter 9 Work hours, Work-Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction.- Chapter 10 Membership of Communist Party of China and Managerial Promotion.