Dissertation Research: Job Dislocation and Re-employment in China

这篇论文改进研究探讨了中国工人在快速变化的社会经济条件下科普工作错位的过程。 在寻找新工作时，这些失业工人更有可能利用政府的再就业计划;依靠他们的社交网络;还是利用个人主义的客观方法？工人在获得新工作方面会有多成功，他们成功的原因是什么？ 三种范式提供了相互竞争的预测和解释：首先，新古典主义理论意味着，失业工人将使用个人主义的客观方法，他们的人力资本将是决定他们能否成功找到新工作的主要因素。 其次，“东亚”范式预测，工人将转向中国的再就业计划，人力资本将是人们找到新工作的主要原因。 第三，社会学范式预测，工人将使用他们的社交网络，社会资本将是决定工人成功找到新工作的主要因素。本研究将评估这三个相互竞争的理论主张，通过对1998年8月至1999年6月间在中国天津随机选择的800名失业工人的调查。 除了通过研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将在物质上帮助一位非常有前途的学生完成博士研究。论文 因此，它有助于全面培养下一代社会科学家。

This Dissertation Improvement research examines the processes by which Chinese workers cope with job dislocation, in the context of rapidly changing socio-economic conditions. In searching for new jobs, will these dislocated workers be more likely to use the government re-employment program; rely on their social networks; or utilize individualistic impersonal methods? How successful will the workers be in acquiring a new job and for what reasons will they be successful? Three paradigms provide competing predictions and explanations: First, neoclassical theory implies that dislocated workers will use individualistic impersonal methods and that their human capital will be the primary factor determining their success in finding a new job. Second, an "East Asian" paradigm predicts that the workers will turn to China's re-employment program and that human capital will be the primary reason that people will find new jobs. And third, a sociological paradigm predicts that workers will use their social networks and that social capital will be the primary factor determining worker success in finding a new job. This research will assess these three competing theoretical claims, through a survey of 800 randomly selected dislocated workers in Tianjin, China between August 1998 and June 1999. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.