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Research On Conflicting And Cooperative Relationships Between Labor And Capital During The Transition Period Of China

Posted on:2010-08-16Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:N LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:1119360302489016Subject:Political economy
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With the transition of the economy and social structure, China has stepped gradually into the risky stage in the development of modern society. Due to the important role of relationship between labor and capital in the process of the development, the contradiction and conflict between market participants has become one of the most outstanding problems in the contemporary society. At the beginning of reform in China, the capital obtains a more advantageous position than labor because of the scarcity of supply in the market and the preferential policy by the government. With the promotion of the reform, the? inequality between capital and labor has been exacerbated. The owner of capital has the right to make rules of the contract, control the process of production and take possession of the profit, while the owner of labor just becomes the rule-taker. The conflict caused by the inequality might become so serious that the stabilization of the society and the development of the economy could be faced with high risk.This dissertation proceeds its study on the industrial relationship in China based on the research achievements in Economics, Sociology and Management, emphatically using Game Theory and Comparative Institutional Analysis tools. Through constructing a theory explanation frame of industrial relationship institutional system, the institutions of property right and organization are considered as the most important parts of the system. Besides, other participants such as the enterprise's administrator and the government are taken into consideration when figuring the way to achieve the goal of cooperation.This dissertation is divided into six chapters. Chapter one is the introduction, which explains the background of this dissertation and the theoretical and realistic value of this research, summarizes studies implemented by domestic, international scholars, introduces the author's approach towards the problems, and points out the innovation and deficiency of this dissertation as well.Chapter two comes up with the theoretical hypothesis. This chapter defines the industrial relationship with dual significance, making a survey of the special and general aspects of the industrial relationship from the original meaning to the modern one. From this point of view, the industrial relationship embodies dual characteristic which becomes more complicated as the number of participants increases. Theories from Neoclassical Economics, New Institutional Economics, etc. are quoted to set a background for the next step of the research.Chapter three is the core of the research. Prison Dilemma, Repeated Game and Sequential Game are applied to imitate the conflicting and cooperative relationships between the owners of labor and capital. At the same time, a comparative study on the industrial relationship in America, Germany and Japan is taken on. Based on the research above, this chapter constructs a theory explanation frame of industrial relationship institutional system. The institutions of property right and organization are considered as the most important parts of the system while Collective Bargaining, Tripartite Consultation, Co-participating and Profits Distribution Mechanisms are derivatives from these institutions.Chapter four and chapter five are the parts of demonstration research. Chapter four analyzes the transition of the industrial relationship before and after the reform. Under the planned economic system, the industrial relationship displays in two different ways. One is the relationship between the worker and the factory; the other is the relationship between the worker and the government. The transition to the market economic system led the industrial relationship to greatly change. The owners of labor and capital act as market participants, trying to gain more profit. As the inequality between them has been exacerbated, the conflict comes up frequently.Chapter five applied the theory explanation frame of industrial relationship institutional system. The institutions of property right and organization are considered as the key parts for the industrial relationship in China from conflict to cooperation during the transition period. To achieve the goal of cooperation between the owners of labor and capital, there are two conditions: first, symmetrical property right institution; second, balanced organization institution. The analysis on the development of the Enterprise system proves this point and explains the reason for the conflicting industrial relationship in China.Chapter six discusses the third participant inside the enterprise, quotes the model put forward by Masahiko Aoki and makes a blueprint for the industrial relationship in the future. As the third participant outside the enterprise, government plays an important role in the industrial relationship. In accordance with the industrial relationship in China during the transition period caused by the inequality between the owners of labor and capital, applicable suggestions are proposed in this chapter.
Keywords/Search Tags:Industrial Relationship, Conflict and Cooperation, Cooperative Games, Comparative Institutional Analysis
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