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Bloomberg Businessweek: Layoffs Loom in China as Growth Slows
IEMS Director Albert Park was interviewed by Bloomberg Businessweek on China’s overall labor employment situation as the country’s growth rate begins to flag. As quoted in the article: Layoffs have been particularly high among export-oriented manufacturers in southern China’s Pearl River Delta. A ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/layoffs-loom-in-china-as-growth-slows-iems-albert-park-interviewed-by-bloomberg-businessweek
Workshop on Challenges in Emerging Markets in the 21st Century
With Support from EY, HKUST IEMS hosted a two-day workshop with senior leaders from EY as well as high-level researchers and faculty from the international network of universities connected through the emerging market research institutions throughout Hong Kong, India, and Russia sponsored by EY. The current members of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2015/workshop-on-challenges-in-emerging-markets-in-the-21st-century
Rising Wages, Labor Regulation, and the Future of Employment in China – SCMP Education Post Op-Ed by IEMS’ Albert Park
The SCMP Education Post carried a research summary by IEMS’ Albert Park on his study into how China’s phenomenal economic growth has pushed up demand for labor and wages, how equitably economic benefits are being distributed, and if they are robust enough to withstand a future economic slowdown. Read the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2015/rising-wages-labor-regulation-and-future-of-employment-in-china-scmp-education-post-op-ed-by-iems-albert-park
Self-employment and Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Transition Economies: A Comparative Study of China, Russia, and Vietnam since the 1990s
The emergence and subsequent expansion of a self-employed sector in former state socialist countries is an integral part of the transition from planned economies to market economies. Self-employment and entrepreneurship have played a crucial role in shaping post-socialist inequality stratification. Based on ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2014/wu-self-employment-entrepreneurship-post-socialist
Why Returning Chinese Students are Faring So Poorly in the Local Labor Market
The Economist reports that Chinese students studying abroad have increasingly returned to China looking to rejoin family and begin their careers in the motherland. Unfortunately for them, they have also been faring increasingly poorly in the local Chinese labor market. The Economist consulted with IEMS’ David ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2013/economist-zweig-why-returning-chinese-students-are-faring-so-poorly-in-the-local-labor-market
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