Thailand. More than rural: Textures of Thailand's agrarian transformation By Jonathan Rigg Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019. Pp. 300. Figures, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022463423000140
Abstract: gration as an act of liberation against the despotic Qing Empire. The Chinese were seen as a panacea for labour shortages in the Empire after the ban on slavery. Chapter 3 discusses the ‘stimulated interest’… read more here.
Keywords: empire; thailand rural; rural textures; chinese labour ... See more keywords
The non-parametric analysis of wage distortion based on ability in the Chinese labour market
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1841883
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study analyzes wage distortion based on ability in the Chinese labour market using a non-parametric approach. We first propose a signalling model by adding regressive wage incentives to describe the non-competitive Chinese labour… read more here.
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What Future for Chinese Labour and Transnational Solidarity?
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DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2016.1207933
Abstract: Abstract In this article we argue that class struggle is central to the future of Chinese workers and the improvement of their situation. Technological upgrading in itself will not automatically result in better working conditions.… read more here.
Keywords: future chinese; chinese labour; transnational solidarity; labour transnational ... See more keywords
The evolving perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x211029382
Abstract: This article explores the logics, persistence and evolution of perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa. Studies find that Chinese firms’ labour practices engender abuse via casualisation of labour, low remuneration, and a general… read more here.
Keywords: africa; regime africa; chinese labour; perspectives chinese ... See more keywords