Examines the policies of labour reform in China, with particular reference to occupational inheritance, flexible labour efficiency wage and enterprise behaviour.

Inhalt
Part 1 Administrative lawlessness: background; administrative lawlessness; administrative reform and enterprise independence; enterprises as "small states". Part 2 Occupational inheritance: occupational inheritance outside of China; origins?; terminology and forms of occupational inheritance; the labour system; early codification; after the cultural revolution; explanations. Part 3 Flexible labour: the right to work; temporary workers; the provisions of 1983; the regulations of the labour contract system; the regulations on violation of labour discipline; employment regulations; unemployment insurance; debates on the reform of the labour system; conclusion. Part 4 Efficiency wages and enterprise behaviour: terminology and issues; the dilemma of reform; the structure of Chinese wages; control of the wage fund; piece wages and bonuses; efficiency wages; planning efficiency; structural wages; the 1985 wage reform; enterprise behavior and limits to reform. Appendices: labour productivity in the 1980s; the system of wages in states institutions and state enterprises.