"Economic Development and the"Social Rights Hypothesis
Regulating Labour Standards in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3793181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Min Zou (0000-0001-7076-635X, corresponding author), Mimi Zou |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 315-331 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Law and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-9015 • E-ISSN: 2052-9023 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/als.2018.29 |
| OpenAlex | W2914319520 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper provides a critical account of the various roles that labour-law regulation has played in China's transition to a market-oriented economy. The analysis aims to contribute new insights to an ongoing debate on the relationship between economic development and legal rules and institutions in China. Discussions of social and labour rights have been on the periphery of a debate that has focused on property and contract rights (the so-called "Rights Hypothesis"). While numerous scholars have sought to debunk the explanatory power of the "Rights Hypothesis" in the case of China, I put forward an alternative "Social Rights Hypothesis." My proposed hypothesis seeks to explain how labour-law rules and institutions have co-evolved with the emergence of a labour market in China's economic development. Specifically, labour law has played not only a market-constituting role, but also market-corrective and market-limiting functions
China · Economic system · Economics · Explanatory power · Labour economics · Labour law · Law and economics · Limiting · Market economy · Political science · Power (physics · Property rights · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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Violence and Social Orders
The Rise of the Western World
Remaking the World of Chinese Labour
Institutions and Economic Performance
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Development as Freedom
China’s 2008 Labor Contract Law
The impact of China’s new Labour Contract Law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers
Economic Development and the Rights Hypothesis
The Changing Nature of Labor Unrest in China
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |