Lewisian Turning Point in the Chinese Economy

Ryoshin Minami, Hitotsubashi University, JapanKwan S.Kim, Notre Dame University, USAFumio Makino, Hosei University, JapanChang-Nam Kim, Dong-A University, South KoreaSusumu Hondai, Kobe University, JapanKazutoshi Nakamura, University of Nagasaki, JapanXinxin Ma, Kyoto University, JapanFang Cai, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaMeiyan Wang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaYue Qu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaMakoto Takada, Meikai University, JapanLi Xu, Meiji University, JapanJin Du, Takushoku University, JapanHiromi Ishizuka, Sanno University, JapanShanping Yan, Doshisha University, JapanJinjun Xue, Nagoya University, JapanWenshu Gao, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

• 1. Introduction; Ryoshin Minami PART I: LEWISIAN TURNING POINT IN ASIAN COUNTRIES 2. Turning Point in Japan: Structural Change in the Labor Market and Significance; Ryoshin Minami 3. Structural Change of the Labor Market and the Turning Point in South Korea; Chang-Nam Kim 4. Agricultural Surplus Labor and Poverty in Indonesia; Susumu Hondai and Kazutoshi Nakamura 5. Labor Market and the Lewisian Turning Point in China; Ryoshin Minami and Xinxin Ma PART II: STRUCTURAL CHANGE OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN CHINA: FACTS AND FACTORS 6. Demographic Transition and Employment Change; Fang Cai, Meiyan Wang and Yue Qu 7. Regional Migration and Structural Change in the Labor Market; Makoto Takada and Li Xu 8. Foreign Direct Investment and Employment; Jin Du and Hiromi Ishizuka 9. Labor Market Transformation in Shanghai; Shanping Yan 10. Labor Migration and Urban -Rural Income Disparity; Jinjun Xue and Wenshu Gao SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 11. China's Turning Point from an East Asian Perspective: Prospective Recapitulation; Ryoshin Minami, Kwan S. Kim and Fumio Makino