Giles, JohnPark, AlbertCai, FangDu, Yang2012-03-192012-03-192012-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3273Evidence from a range of different sources suggests that Chinese workers lost 20-36 million jobs because of the global financial crisis. Most of these layoffs affected migrant workers, who have typically lacked employment protection, tend to be concentrated in export-oriented sectors, and were among the easiest to dismiss when the crisis hit. Although it was severe, the employment shock was short-lived. By mid-2009, the macroeconomic stimulus and other interventions had succeeded in boosting demand for migrant labor. By early 2010, abundant evidence pointed to scarcity in China's labor market, as labor demand was once again leading to brisk growth in wages.The paper reviews different available sources of evidence for the effects of the crisis, and notes the biases associated with alternative ex post efforts to measure the employment effects of the crisis. In particular, the paper highlights the usefulness of household surveys with employment histories relative to surveys based on sampling through firms.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSAGGREGATE DEMANDATTRITIONCOLLEGE GRADUATESCREATIVE DESTRUCTIONDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISMISSALEARNINGEARTHQUAKEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RECOVERYECONOMIC SLOWDOWNEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT DYNAMICSEMPLOYMENT EFFECTSEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT HISTORIESEMPLOYMENT HISTORYEMPLOYMENT IMPACTEMPLOYMENT IMPACTSEMPLOYMENT LEVELSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT POLICIESEMPLOYMENT RATESEMPLOYMENT SHAREEMPLOYMENT TRENDSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXPENDITURESEXPORT-ORIENTED ACTIVITIESFAMILY MEMBERSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFIRM LEVELFIRM SURVEYFIRM SURVEYSFIRM SURVIVALGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHIGH EMPLOYMENTHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMEINFORMAL EMPLOYMENTINFORMAL SECTORINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSJOB CREATIONJOB LOSSJOB LOSSESJOB SEEKERJOB SEEKERSJOBSLABOR BUREAULABOR CONTRACTLABOR CONTRACTSLABOR DEMANDLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR LAWLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET INFORMATIONLABOR REGULATIONLABOR REGULATIONSLABOR SHORTAGESLABOR STATISTICSLAID-OFF WORKERSLAYOFFSLITERATURELOCAL GOVERNMENTSLONG-TERM MIGRANTMANDATESMIGRANTMIGRANT FAMILYMIGRANT LABORMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRANT WORKFORCEMIGRANTSMIGRATIONNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICIESNUMBER OF WORKERSOCCUPATIONSON-THE-JOB TRAININGOPEN ACCESSPAPERSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICESRATES OF GROWTHREAL WAGESRESEARCH COMMUNITYRESEARCHERSRETAIL TRADERURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL LABORRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL WORKERSSAFETYSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSEVERANCE PAYSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SECURITYSPOUSESTEMPORARY WORKTERTIARY SECTORTRAINING PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNSKILLED WORKERURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN WORKERSVULNERABILITYWAGE SUBSIDIESWORKERSWORKFORCEWORKING HOURSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5984