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This article investigates causes and characteristics of urban layoff and unemployment. Chinese statistics show that the worsening urban unemployment problem is mainly caused by China's institutional changes, sectoral shifts, and cyclical fluctuations. Workers who are middle‐aged, less educated, and female have experienced a higher risk of being laid off and unemployed. This article also discusses policy issues of China's urban layoff and unemployment. Supply‐side policies include those that expand education, establish job‐training programs, limit massive rural–urban migration in the short run, and rationalize labor force participation rate. Demand‐side policies aim to create jobs, including policies such as promoting the service industry, attracting foreign investment, and developing the nonstate economy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- PART I PRIVATE ENTERPRISES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 2 Higher Efficiencies or Resource Reallocation? -- Chapter 3 Size of the State-Owned Sector and Regional Growth in China -- Chapter 4 Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China -- PART II GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES -- Chapter 5 Government and Private Enterprises: Wenzhou Experiences -- Chapter 6 Property Rights Developments and Productivity Gains in China: A Law and Economics Perspective -- Chapter 7 Evolution of Economic Development: Entrepreneurs, Market, and the State -- Chapter 8 Private Enterprise Development and Governmental Functions -- PART III FINANCIAL REFORMS, OPENNESS, AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 9 Causes of the Non-Performing Loan Piling-Up in the Late 1990s: A Research Note -- Chapter 10 Public Venture Capital: Understanding the US and Chinese Experiences -- Chapter 11 The Challenges China's Private Enterprises Face in the WTO -- PART IV OWNERSHIP REFORMS AND PRIVATIZATION -- Chapter 12 The Privatization of Russian State Industry: Some Lessons for China -- Chapter 13 Politician Control, Agency Problems, and Ownership Reform: Evidence from China -- Chapter 14 Hospital Ownership: What can China Learn from the US Experience? -- PART V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EFFICIENCY -- Chapter 15 Corporate Governance and the Development of Private Enterprise in China -- Chapter 16 The Productivity Efficiency of State-Owned Enterprises in China -- Chapter 17 The Prospect of Private Economy in China