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In the pre-reform days, Chinese workers were highly dependent on their work-units to satisfy a wide range of their needs, from job security to all kinds of non-wage benefits and welfare services. Membership in the work-unit guaranteed an ‘iron rice bowl’ and entitled workers to a ‘life-long voucher’ giving access to different welfare packages.
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© 2000 Ming-kwan Lee
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Lee, Mk. (2000). Reshaping Dependence. In: Chinese Occupational Welfare in Market Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333982549_5
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