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| MANUFACTURING SPATIAL RESTRCTURING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON PREFECTURE-LEVEL CITIES IN 2000 AND 2010 |
| ZHANG Yan-ji1, ZHANG Lei2, WU Ling-yan2 |
1. School of Architecture, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China;
2. School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China |
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Abstract On the basis of population census and employment statistics, this thesis estimates the number and proportion of informal employment in manufacturing sector with prefecture level cities in the year of 2000 and 2010. According to the estimation, for China's manufacturing, the proportion of informal labor has reached 58.3% in 2000 and 70.7% in 2010, while its spatial distribution is different from formal employment to some extent. Concretely, distribution of informal employment shows steadily downward trend from coastal region to inner region while there is obvious some agglomeration of formal employment in provincial capital. According to the function of whole manufacturing, function of formal manufacturing and development status of informal employment, this research shows six different pattern in the process of manufacturing spatial restructuring, especially its variation of their location from 2000 to 2010 in different regions in China, such as coastal area, north east area, central area, west China, etc. Via multinomial logistic regression, the thesis explains the forming mechanism of six patterns. Refer to the Dual Theory, New Marxism, New liberalism and location theory, the thesis demonstrates accompanying economic development the phenomenon of informal employment would exist for a long time, and in order to decrease labor cost in the day of globalization, various flexible production would significantly promote informal employment. Furthermore, the relation between institutional environment and informal employment development doesn't have linear relationship, but the high threshold would promote the increase of informal employment.
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Received: 17 February 2015
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2016, Vol. 31 
