Appendix A
Hong Kong's labour market – a summary report
Communication of information about vacancies.
1.
2.
Wage comparison.
3.
Restrictions on the physical mobility of labour.
4. Employers' attempts to 'commit' labour.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Patterns of mobility in the labour force:
(a) vertical mobility within the wages sector
(b) horizontal mobility within the wages sector
(c)
mobility between the wages and non-wage sector.
Elements of stability in the labour force.
Segmentation of the labour market.
The part played by combinations of workers in regulating the labour
market.
9. The part played by combinations of employers in regulating the
labour market.
10.
Government's role in the operation of the labour market:
(a) its own pay policies and labour relations
(b)
its effect on private sector wages
(c)
legislation producing labour market rigidities.
11.
How are wages determined in Hong Kong?
12.
Policy conclusions.
In the absence of organized collective bargaining, how near does the
Hong Kong labour market approximate to the free competitive model? What
imperfections and rigidities have developed in this labour market and
what are the consequences for the determination of wages? Could the
welfare of the mass of Hong Kong's workers be materially improved by
legislation aimed at bringing industrial relations nearer to the
collective bargaining model?
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