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3 - Stay or Run

The Perpetual Question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2024

Xiaoshuo Hou
Xiaoshuo Hou
Affiliation:
Skidmore College, New York
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This chapter explores the reasons why workers would stay in or run from a factory, as well as the traps and perceived appeal of temporary employment and day labor jobs. It discusses the role of employment service agencies and their networks of job intermediaries in sustaining factories’ power and control over workers and in making workers more vulnerable and more susceptible to informal and temporary employment.

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factoryassembly lineemployment agencyjob intermediarydispatch workerswagessocial insuranceday labor jobsworklabor
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Young and Restless in China
Informal Economy, Gender, and the Precariat
 , pp. 43 - 67
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Stay or Run
  • Xiaoshuo Hou, Skidmore College, New York
  • Book: Young and Restless in China
  • Online publication: 02 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009511735.004
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  • Stay or Run
  • Xiaoshuo Hou, Skidmore College, New York
  • Book: Young and Restless in China
  • Online publication: 02 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009511735.004
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  • Stay or Run
  • Xiaoshuo Hou, Skidmore College, New York
  • Book: Young and Restless in China
  • Online publication: 02 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009511735.004
Available formats
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