Jin Xiao

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper estimated the effects of three forms of human capital on employee salary, namely formal education, on-the-job training provided by employers, and adult education pursued by employees.

Abstract: In the fast-growing market-oriented economy of Shenzhen, China, most employees have continued to participate in job-related education and training. We argue that as firms have acquired autonomy in their operations and individuals have gained the right to pursue their personal occupational aspirations, non–state-sponsored education and training systems for the working population have developed to respond to the demands from firms, as well as individuals. With survey data from 3,475 employees in seventy-six firms from Shenzhen, this study uses a mul tinomialmodelto examine patterns in employee participation in job-related education and training. There are basically four options open to employees: taking part in education and training provided by a firm to its own employees, enrolling in education and training offered by institutions outside the firm, availing themselves of both options simultaneously, or not participating. Our findings suggest that these four groups of employees vary in terms of their cultural and symbolic attributes, their individualsocioeconomic attributes in rel ation to their workplace, and the economic attributes of their firm.

TL;DR: In an increasingly global economy, investment in human capital is seen as one of the major strategies for enhancing the economic competitiveness of firms and nations and a major factor in determining the extent of economic polarization among social groups and nations as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the core skills that workforces in China consider to be important in carrying out job routines in different jobs, different industries, and different geographical regions.

TL;DR: Using a 2004 survey of over 1,000 children in a multi-ethnic county of Yunnan province, this paper demonstrated how household and village assets operate in gender distinct ways to promote school enrolment in an era of economic privatization and skewed sex ratios.