In the course of development, two transitions in employment pattern generally take place: one is the transition from dominance of agricultural employment to dominance of non-agricultural employment; and the other is the transition from dominance of self-employment to dominance of waged-employment If the two processes are coordinated each other, the development will be smooth, and otherwise it will be a problem. Based on the observation on the change of employment pattern in China, this study finds that the trend towards non-agricultural employment is faster than that towards waged-employment, which suggests that a large number of rural migrants have not been employed as waged-workers, and their employment status of self-employment have just changed from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors. This is a severe problem existing in Chinas employment, and needs to be addressed in the course of development.
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