GGR111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neoliberalism, One-Child Policy, Hukou System
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Spatial pattern (trends) - one of the cheapest country to manufacture in but not in the cheapest of the cheapest. Spatial process- size of the population, easy environmental policies, cheap labor, well established manufacturing processes (government has created infrastructure), rising middle class (so not the cheapest country) Education expensive few people can get it. Amount of goods and services available for purchase compared to amount of goods and services demanded by the people. Decreased the total fertility rate in china. Today has led to a decline / shortage of younger workers. You need a large working force to support the elderly age cohort. But there is a preference for women in industries. Green labor" - labor force that lacks knowledge and experience of the practices of production and so: Housing, education, health access tied to place of residence. Used to be policed (people sent home) Now migrants are ignored" - kept for the labor force, but no access to benefits.
