Dissertation Research: Job Dislocation and Re-employment in China

论文研究：中国的就业错位与再就业

• 批准号: 9801933
• 负责人: Phillip Bonacich
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2001-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9801933&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Job; Dislocation; Re

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.

这项论文改进研究探讨了在快速变化的社会经济条件下，中国工人应对工作错位的过程。 在寻找新的工作时，这些下岗工人是否更有可能利用政府的再就业计划？依赖他们的社交网络；或者利用个人主义的非个人方法？工人获得新工作的成功率如何？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，新古典理论意味着失业工人将使用个人主义的非个人方法，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，人力资本将成为人们找到新工作的首要原因。 第三，社会学范式预测工人将使用他们的社交网络，并且社会资本将是决定工人成功找到新工作的主要因素。本研究将通过对 1998 年 8 月至 1999 年 6 月期间在中国天津随机抽取的 800 名下岗工人进行调查，评估这三种相互竞争的理论主张。除了该研究将取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将为一名非常有前途的学生完成博士学位研究提供实质​​性帮助。论文。 因此，它有助于对下一代社会科学家的全面培训。