The Formation and Evolution of China's Migrant Labor Policy

    Abstract:  The following sections are included:
    The Logic of Formation of the Household Registration System
          Household Contracting Liberates Workers
                  From “Leaving the Land But Not the Hometown” to the “Tide of Migrant Workers”
    From “Paradox of Numbers” to “Law of Supply and Demand”
          Conclusion
          References
    ( in Zhang, Xiaobo, Shenggen Fan, and Arjan de Haan (eds) Narratives of Chinese Economic Reforms: How Does China Cross the River? New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. pp. 71-90. )